Head Coach Lee Squires joined Greenville Football Club in 2018. During his first campaign he led the squad to a 4-7-3 record, just missing the playoffs in his inaugural campaign.
Lee Squires also serves as the head coach at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. Under Squires, Lander’s 2018 side notched a 16-2-3 overall record, the most wins for the Bearcats since 2006. Lander returned to the Peach Belt Conference Tournament title match for the fourth consecutive season and earned the No. 2 seed in the Southeast Region, hosting the program’s first NCAA Tournament match since 2013. The Bearcats advanced to the Southeast Regional championship and toppled unbeaten and top-ranked Young Harris for the program’s first region title in 13 years, earning a berth in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
The Conference Carolinas Player of the Year in 2008 and 2010, Squires was an NSCAA All-American in 2007 and 2008, and a Daktronics All-American in 2007, 2008 and 2010. He was also named the conference tournament MVP in 2007 and was selected to the conference all-tournament team in 2008 and 2010. He earned Academic All-Conference honors in 2011 and 2012.
During his career at LMC, Squires, who was the Most Outstanding Offensive Player in the 2007 and 2009 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament, set single-season school records goals scored (25) points (54) and game winners (nine). He is the Bobcats’ all-time leading scorer in goals (67), points scored (149) and game winners (22).
Lee Squires is a native of Sheffield, England. He lives in Greenwood, South Carolina with his wife Sadie and daughter Isabelle.