Hall of Fame
Lee Horton coached the Varsity Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer teams from 1985 to 2022. Over the course of 37 years, he had over 1,000 wins between the two teams. He won 19 state championships (7 with the boys and 12 with the girls) and 35 CISAA conference championships. In 2010, the girls’ team went undefeated for the second year in a row and ranked number one in the nation. Horton was named the state soccer association's 3A private school coach of the year five times as the women's coach and three times as the men's coach. In 2004, he was named National Coach of the Year (Private/Parochial Boys) by the NSCAA. In service to the NSCAA, Coach Horton chaired the National High School Coach of the Year selection committee for many years. He also earned National Coach of the Year in 2017 from the United Soccer Coaches Association for his work with the Latin Girls’ Soccer team. Coach Horton has had three players go on to play professional soccer (Cannon Clough ’14, Claudia Dickey ’18, and Juan Guzman ’06).
In addition to coaching Latin soccer, Lee was very involved with the Charlotte Eagles W-League. From 1993 to 1999, he was the assistant coach for the men’s team. Horton led the Lady Eagles from the program's inception in 2000 until the discontinuation of the W-League after the 2015 season, consistently making the playoffs and earning the championship title in 2001. With the Lady Eagles, Lee was a two-time National Coach of the Year for the United Soccer League. He was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007 and the United Soccer League Hall of Fame in 2011. He is also a five-time honoree as Coach of the Year by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association (NCSCA).
Lee was an All-American soccer player during his high school career, and is in the Hall of Fame at Ravenscroft School. Coach Horton retired from Latin in 2022 and has been enjoying traveling with his wife Mercedes and spending time with his grandchildren. He can still be found from time to time on campus driving a bus and covering a PE class.
