Jay L. Lee

Biographical details
Born	(1887-09-27)September 27, 1887 Tuscola County, Michigan, U.S.
Died	April 10, 1970(1970-04-10) (aged 82) Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1910	Albion
1911	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915	Penn (IA)
1916	Notre Dame (assistant)
1917–1920	Penn (IA)
1922	Cornell (IA) (assistant)
1929–1930	Buffalo
Basketball
1919–1921	Penn (IA)
Baseball
1916	Penn (IA)
1923	Cornell (IA)
Head coaching record
Overall	17–20–4 (football) 6–12 (basketball)

Jay L. "Biffy" Lee (September 27, 1887 – April 10, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Penn College—now known as William Penn University—in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1915 and again from 1917 to 1920 and at the University of Buffalo—now known as University at Buffalo—from 1929 to 1930, compiling a career college football record of 17–20–4.

Playing career

In 1910, Lee attended Albion College, where he played football and baseball. In 1911, he was the quarterback at the University of Notre Dame. He was the college roommate of Knute Rockne.^[1]

Coaching career

In 1916, Lee was an assistant football coach at Notre Dame. He served as the head football coach at the University of Buffalo from 1929 to 1930, compiling a record of 8–7. He was also on the faculty of the University of Buffalo, lecturing in the School of Marketing.

In 1931, he unexpectedly resigned as the head coach of the Buffalo football program to attend to business duties.^[2]

Late life and death

Lee work as an executive for the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company for 27 years until his retirement in 1952. He died on April 10, 1970, in Traverse City, Michigan.^[3]

Head coaching record