Jeff Sims (American football coach)

American football coach

Jeff Sims
Playing career
c. 1994	Baker

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995	Maryville HS (MO) (WR/DB)
1996	Central Missouri State (GA/RB)
1997–1998	Baker (WR)
1999–2000	Mt. San Antonio (QB/WR/ST)
2001	Pasadena HS (CA)
2002–2003	Mesabi Range
2004–2005	Minnesota State (co-OC / RC)
2006	Southern Arkansas (OC)
2007–2010	Fort Scott
2011	Indiana (QC recruiting)
2012	Florida Atlantic (associate HC / WR /RC)
2015–2018	Garden City
2019	Missouri Southern

Head coaching record
Overall	2–9 (college) 77–32 (junior college)
Bowls	1–2 (junior college)
Tournaments	3–2 (KJCCC playoffs) 1–1 (MCCC playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NJCAA National (2016) 3 KJCCC (2009, 2016, 2018) 1 MCCC North Division (2003)

Jeff Sims is a former American football coach. He served the head football coach at Mesabi Range Junior College—now known as Minnesota North College – Mesabi Range Virginia–in Virginia, Minnesota, from 2002 to 2003, Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas, from 2007 to 2010, and Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, from 2015 to 2018. He led his 2016 Garden City Broncbusters football team to a NJCAA National Football Championship. Sims was also the head football coach at Missouri Southern State University for one season, in 2019. He led the Missouri Southern Lions to a record of 2–9 in 2019. The team did not compete in the fall of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sims was fired from his post at the school in December 2020.

Sims now works as the managing director of You Move Me, a moving company based in Lenexa, Kansas.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Missouri Southern Lions (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2019)
2019	Missouri Southern	2–9	2–9	10th
Missouri Southern:		2–9	2–9
Total:		2–9


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NJCAA
Mesabi Range Norse (Minnesota Community College Conference) (2002–2003)
2002	Mesabi Range	3–6	3–2	T–2nd (Northern)
2003	Mesabi Range	10–1	5–0	1st (Northern)	L MCCC championship
Mesabi Range:		13–7	8–2
Fort Scott Greyhounds (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (2007–2010)
2007	Fort Scott	9–3	6–1	2nd	L KJCCC championship
2008	Fort Scott	9–2	6–1	2nd	L KJCCC semifinal
2009	Fort Scott	11–1	7–0	1st	W KJCCC championship, L Citizens Bank Bowl
2010	Fort Scott	3–6	3–4	5th
Fort Scott:		32–12	22–6
Garden City Broncbusters (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (2015–2018)
2015	Garden City	3–8	2–5	T–6th
2016	Garden City	11–0	7–0	1st	W El Toro Bowl
2017	Garden City	8–4	5–2	T–2nd	L C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl	13
2018	Garden City	10–1	7–0	1st	L NJCAA National Championship	2
Garden City:		32–13	21–7
Total:		77–32
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

v t e Fort Scott Greyhounds head football coaches
Charles Errickson (1924–1930) Warren Littrell (1931–1936) Joe Scalet (1946–1947) Neal Trimble (?–1952) Gerald Beaman (1953–1954) Roy E. Cole (1955–1958) Howard Mahanes (1961–1965) Charlie Cowdrey (1966–1968) Dick Foster (1969–1970) Walt Olinger (1971–1972) Joe Hauptman (1973–1976) Jim Lentz (1977–1980) Gary Butler (1981–1982) Bob Lopez (1983–1986) Jack Welch (1987–1992) Ron Chismar (1993–1996) Kevin Gundy (1997–2000) Kevin Verdugo (2001–2003) Brian Vaganek (2004–2005) Rion Rhoades (2006) Jeff Sims (2007–2010) Curtis Horton (2011–2016) Cale Pick (2017–2019) Carson Hunter (2020–2021)

Charles Errickson (1924–1930)
Warren Littrell (1931–1936)
Joe Scalet (1946–1947)
Neal Trimble (?–1952)
Gerald Beaman (1953–1954)
Roy E. Cole (1955–1958)
Howard Mahanes (1961–1965)
Charlie Cowdrey (1966–1968)
Dick Foster (1969–1970)
Walt Olinger (1971–1972)
Joe Hauptman (1973–1976)
Jim Lentz (1977–1980)
Gary Butler (1981–1982)
Bob Lopez (1983–1986)
Jack Welch (1987–1992)
Ron Chismar (1993–1996)
Kevin Gundy (1997–2000)
Kevin Verdugo (2001–2003)
Brian Vaganek (2004–2005)
Rion Rhoades (2006)
Jeff Sims (2007–2010)
Curtis Horton (2011–2016)
Cale Pick (2017–2019)
Carson Hunter (2020–2021)

v t e Garden City Broncbusters head football coaches
Ed Hall (1946) Bryce Roderick (1947) Ed Bender (1948–1949) Jack Morris (1950–1955) Jim Duncan (1956–1958) Leland Kendall (1959–1960) Homer Salter (1961–1966) Bob Riley (1967) George Walstad (1968–1974) Moe Cotter (1975–1978) Ray Sewalt (1979–1980) Ray Braun (1981) Hank Hetter (1982–1985) Brian McNeely (1986–1991) Jeff Leiker (1992–1995) Jim Gush (1996–1998) Bob Larson (1999–2004) J. J. Eckert (2005–2006) Lucas Aslin (2007–2010) Jeff Tatum (2011–2012) Matt Miller (2013–2014) Jeff Sims (2015–2018) Tom Minnick (2019–2023) Kiyoshi Harri (2024– )

v t e Missouri Southern Lions head football coaches
Unknown (1937–1942) No team (1943–1945) Unknown (1946–1952) Ed Hodges (1948–1951) Dudley Stegge (1952–1963) Ron Toman (1964–1966) Jim Johnson (1967–1968) Reuben Berry (1969–1970) Jim Frazier (1971–1985) Rod Giesselmann (1986–1987) Bill Cooke # (1988) Jon Lantz (1989–1997) Rob Green # (1997) Greg Gregory (1998–1999) Bill Cooke (2000–2003) John Ware (2004–2005) Keeth Matheny # (2005) Bart Tatum (2006–2011) Daryl Daye (2012–2014) Denver Johnson (2015–2018) Joe Bettasso # (2018) Jeff Sims (2019) Atiba Bradley (2020– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

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