University of Texas at Tyler Athletics

Lee Kuyrkendall is in his first year as an assistant coach after joining UT Tyler in the summer of 2025. He previously served as the head softball coach at Royse City High School for the last nine seasons.
 
There, he led the program to a record of 202-75 and a top 20 state ranking in each of the last seven seasons, and a top 10 ranking in the last six. Additionally, he coached a First Team All-American in 2021 and 2023, and served on the NFCA High School National Committee in 2024 and 2025.
 
While coaching at Royse City, Kuyrkendall also served as an assistant coach with Texas Glory Softball, one of the premier travel/club softball organizations in the country. He served with the 14U through 16U top teams while also assisting in the recruiting process for the players.
 
Prior to his time with the Bulldogs and Texas Glory, Kuyrkendall served as head baseball coach at Mississippi College, North Florida Community College and Southwest Community College over a sixteen year period. He played baseball collegiately at Mississippi College in the Gulf South Conference, and completed his master’s degree at Delta State University while serving as a graduate assistant coach there.
 
Kuyrkendall has a daughter, Kasey, who is currently a graduate assistant in the athletics department at Baylor University. She was a collegiate softball player at East Texas A&M University, where she was named the female recipient of the Southland Conference Postgraduate NCAA Scholarship.