Lee Cummard

TitleHead Coach

OfficeMCA 208

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Women's Basketball Coaching Career

Head Coach (2025-Present)

Cummard was named and introduced as the eighth head coach of the BYU women's basketball program on March 31, 2025.

Associate Head Coach (2022-2025)

Back-to-back postseason appearances (WBIT - 2024 and WNIT - 2023)
Coached BYU's all-time leading rebounder and two-time All-America Honorable Mention, Lauren Gustin
Helped the Cougars to the first ranked win of the Whiting era over No. 18 Baylor on Feb. 7, 2024.
Cummard was named the associate head coach of the BYU women's basketball program on June 3, 2022.

Assistant Coach (2019-2022)

Back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids (2020-21, 2021-22)
Was acting head coach and went 3-0 with wins over Utah State, No. 17 Florida State and No. 22 West Virginia
Won the West Coast Conference regular-season championship in 2021-22
No. 20 final AP Top 25 ranking (2021-22)
Spent 16 consecutive weeks in AP Top 25 – most in school history (2021-22)
Most wins in the regular season (25) in program history (2021-22)
Five wins against Power 5 opponents (Arizona State, Florida State, West Virginia, Utah, Washington State - 2021-22)
Twelve players garnered All-Conference Honors

BYU Men's Basketball Assistant Coach (2018-19)
- Helped the Cougars to a 20-13 season, going 10-5 in conference play
- Coached two all-conference honorees; Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws who were named to the first and second teams, respectively
BYU Men's Basketball Graduate Assistant (2016-2018)
- In two years as a graduate assistant, helped the Cougars to back-to-back 20-win seasons
- Coached five all-conference selections including TJ Haws, Eric Mika, Elijah Bryant and Yoeli Childs
- Made a pair of trips to the NIT

Lee Cummard Player Profile
Played professionally from 2009-16 in France (2009-11), Japan (2011-12) and Belgium (2012-16)
2008 AP All-America Honorable Mention
2008 MWC Player of the Year
All-MWC First Team (2008 and 2009)
Led BYU to three-straight MWC titles (2007, 2008, 2009)
Played for Dave Rose at BYU (2005-09)
2004 Arizona Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-America nominee
Led Mesa HS to the 2004 5A state championship
Prepped at Mesa High School (2000-04)

Lee and his wife Sarah have three sons
Graduated from BYU in 2009
Served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tennessee