Lee Andrews (born 23 April 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Andrews began his career as a trainee with his local side Carlisle United, turning professional in August 2001 and making his league debut later month in a 2–0 defeat at home to Luton Town. He had spell as a regular in the Carlisle side at right-back, before losing his place. He joined Rochdale on loan in February 2003,^[2] before returning to Carlisle and regaining his place in the first team, signing a new two-year contract in May 2004.^[3] After playing in a Carlisle side relegated to and promoted from the Football Conference, Andrews joined York City on loan in November 2005^[4] and as Carlisle successfully battled for a second successive promotion, moved to Torquay United, struggling at the opposite end of the table on loan in March 2006.^[5]

He was released by Carlisle at the end of the 2005–06 season, and returned to Plainmoor on a permanent basis in June 2006 as one of Ian Atkins' first signings after taking over as manager.^[6] Atkins had been manager of Carlisle while Andrews was a trainee there. He was an ever-present for Torquay in the 2006–07 season, which ended with Torquay's relegation to the Conference National. Although offered a new contract with Torquay at the end of the season, he chose to return to the North of England.

In September 2007 he signed for Newcastle Blue Star,^[7] moving to Workington in April 2008.^[8] He would end his playing career in the summer of 2015 after playing over 200 times for Workington.

After his retirement as a player, Andrews joined the coaching staff at Workington A.F.C. in June 2015, where he became an assistant coach to Derek Townsley.^[9] From June 2016 until December 2018, Andrews was joint-manager at Workington alongside Dave Hewson.^[10]

On 31 December 2018, Andrews was replaced by Gavin Skelton as manager, however after Skelton resigned just 6 days and two games into the role, Andrews became sole manager of Workington later on 7 January 2019.^[11] He stepped down at the end of the 2018–19 season, after the club were relegated from the Northern Premier League Premier Division.^[12]

Andrews was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is now employed as a Facilities Manager for a National rail services provider working within the nuclear industry.