Coaching Career
Lee served as an assistant taekwondo coach for the USA at the 1988 Summer Olympics and as taekwondo coach for the USA at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was also head coach of the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center's Resident Athlete Program for taekwondo from 1988–1993. Lee has operated the US Taekwondo Center in Aina Haina since 1993, and has trained over 10,000 students. In 2004, he was removed from the position of taekwondo coach for the USA team due to compete at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
Lee was also active in the United States Taekwondo Union (USTU), holding positions on the Athlete's Advisory Committee and serving as Chairman of the USTU's Tournament Committee and Junior Olympic Committee. He was a founding member of the United States Taekwondo Committee (USTC), which was created in August 2007, and presently serves as Secretary General of the organization. In 2007, Lee was approached by the Chinese Taekwondo Association to coach the Chinese Olympic Taekwondo Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Lee accepted and relocated to Beijing, China, for the one year period leading up to the event. Lee served as the Chinese Team's Head Coach at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships, the 2007 Korea Open Taekwondo Championships, the Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Taekwondo Invitational Tournament, and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. His international coaching record includes:
- 2008: Beijing Olympic Games; Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Taekwondo Invitational Tournament
- 2007: Korea Open Taekwondo Championships; World Taekwondo Championships
- 2003: World Taekwondo Championships; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 2002: US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 2001: World Taekwondo Championships; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 2000: US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1999: World Olympic Qualification Tournament; World Taekwondo Championships; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1998: US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1997: World Taekwondo Championships; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1996: US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1995: World Taekwondo Championships; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1994: US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1993: World Taekwondo Championships; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1992: Barcelona Olympic Games; US Open Taekwondo Championships
- 1991: World Taekwondo Championships
- 1989: World Taekwondo Championships
- 1988: Seoul Olympic Games
On February 24, 2009, Lee was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame as a longtime contributor to taekwondo in Hawaii.
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