George C. Lee (born November 23, 1936) is a retired American basketball player and coach. A forward/guard from the University of Michigan, Lee was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA draft. He had a seven-year career in the NBA, playing two seasons with the Pistons and five with the San Francisco Warriors.
He retired from playing in 1968, and coached the Warriors for the next two seasons, before being replaced by Al Attles in 1970.
Career playing statistics
NBA Source
Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG Detroit 74 23.4 .399 .701 6.6 1.2 12.1 Detroit 75 18.0 .358 .761 4.7 .9 7.6 San Francisco 64 18.6 .378 .788 3.4 1.0 7.0 San Francisco 54 9.7 .379 .662 1.8 .5 3.2 San Francisco 19 13.0 .351 .731 2.9 .6 4.8 San Francisco 1 5.0 .750 .857 .0 .0 12.0 San Francisco 10 10.6 .229 .708 2.7 .4 3.3Career 297 17.4 .379 .734 4.2 .9 7.5
Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1961 Detroit 5 27.0 .414 .741 6.8 2.8 15.6 1962 Detroit 6 8.3 .500 .857 1.3 .2 4.3 1964 San Francisco 10 6.7 .450 .600 1.6 .4 3.0Career 21 12.0 .436 .704 2.8 .9 6.4
Head coaching record
NBA Source
| align="left" |San Francisco | align="left" | |82||41||41||.500|| align="center" |3rd in Western||6||2||4||.333 | align="center" |Lost in Division semifinals
| align="left" |San Francisco | align="left" | |52||22||30||.423|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed Playoffs |-class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"|Career |134||63||71|||| ||6||2||4||||
See also University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
References
External links BasketballReference.com: George Lee (as player) BasketballReference.com: George Lee (as coach)