Joe Simmons (coach) - Misplaced Pages

American sports coach (1895–1973)

Joe Simmons
Biographical details
Simmons pictured in Chippewa 1921, Central Michigan yearbook
Born	(1895-06-05)June 5, 1895 Illinois, U.S.
Died	March 4, 1973(1973-03-04) (aged 77) Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1913–1915	Carthage

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920	Central Michigan
late 1920s	South Milwaukee HS (WI)
1928–1936	Milwaukee Country Day (WI)
1937–1939	Yale (assistant)
Basketball
1920–1921	Central Michigan
Baseball
1921	Central Michigan

Head coaching record
Overall	4–3–1 (college football) 11—5 (college basketball) 10–1–1 (college baseball)

Joseph F. Simmons (June 5, 1895 – March 4, 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1920, compiling a record of 4–3–1. He was also the head basketball and head baseball coach at Central Michigan during the same academic year. Simmons graduated from Carthage College, where played football, basketball, and baseball, and ran track. He coached high school football at South Milwaukee High School in the late 1920s and at Milwaukee Country Day School from 1928 to 1936. He was an assistant football coach at Yale University from 1937 to 1939.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Central Michigan Normalites (Independent) (1920)
1920	Central Michigan	4–3–1
Central Michigan:		4–3–1
Total:		4–3–1

v t e Central Michigan Chippewas head football coaches
Pete McCormick (1896) Carl Pray (1897–1899) Unknown (1900) No team (1901) Charles Tambling (1902–1905) No team (1906) Ralph Thacker (1907) Hugh Sutherland (1908) Harry Helmer (1909–1912) No team (1913–1915) Blake Miller (1916) Fred Johnson (1917) Charles Tambling (1918) Garland Nevitt (1919) Joe Simmons (1920) Wallace Parker (1921–1923) Lester Barnard (1924–1925) Wallace Parker (1926–1928) Butch Nowack (1929–1930) George Van Bibber (1931–1933) Alex Yunevich (1934–1936) Ron Finch (1937–1946) Lyle Bennett (1947–1949) Warren Schmakel (1950) Kenneth Kelly (1951–1966) Roy Kramer (1967–1977) Herb Deromedi (1978–1993) Dick Flynn (1994–1999) Mike DeBord (2000–2003) Brian Kelly (2004–2006) Jeff Quinn # (2006) Butch Jones (2007–2009) Steve Stripling # (2009) Dan Enos (2010–2014) John Bonamego (2015–2018) Jim McElwain (2019–2024) Matt Drinkall (2025– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball head coaches
No coach (1904–1907) Charles Tambling (1907–1910) Harry Helmer (1910–1916) Blake Miller (1916–1917) Charles Tambling (1917–1919) Garland Nevitt (1919–1920) Joe Simmons (1920–1921) Wallace Parker (1921–1924) Lester Barnard (1924–1926) Wallace Parker (1926–1927) Bourke Lodewyk (1927–1937) Dan Rose (1937–1943) Ron Finch (1943–1944) L. M. Sweeney (1944–1946) Dan Rose (1946–1954) Ted Kjolhede (1954–1971) Dick Parfitt (1971–1985) Charlie Coles (1985–1991) Keith Dambrot (1991–1993) Leonard Drake (1993–1997) Jay Smith (1997–2006) Ernie Zeigler (2006–2012) Keno Davis (2012–2021) Tony Barbee (2021– )

No coach (1904–1907)
Charles Tambling (1907–1910)
Harry Helmer (1910–1916)
Blake Miller (1916–1917)
Charles Tambling (1917–1919)
Garland Nevitt (1919–1920)
Joe Simmons (1920–1921)
Wallace Parker (1921–1924)
Lester Barnard (1924–1926)
Wallace Parker (1926–1927)
Bourke Lodewyk (1927–1937)
Dan Rose (1937–1943)
Ron Finch (1943–1944)
L. M. Sweeney (1944–1946)
Dan Rose (1946–1954)
Ted Kjolhede (1954–1971)
Dick Parfitt (1971–1985)
Charlie Coles (1985–1991)
Keith Dambrot (1991–1993)
Leonard Drake (1993–1997)
Jay Smith (1997–2006)
Ernie Zeigler (2006–2012)
Keno Davis (2012–2021)
Tony Barbee (2021– )

v t e Central Michigan Chippewas head baseball coaches
Theron Burdick (1896) No team (1897–1898) Carl Pray (1899–1900) Charles Tambling (1901–1902) No team (1903) Charles Tambling (1904–1905) No team (1906) Charles Tambling (1907) No team (1908) Bruce Stickle (1909) Harry Helmer (1910–1917) No team (1917) Garland Nevitt (1918–1920) Joe Simmons (1921) Wallace Parker (1922–1924) Bourke Lodewych (1925–1932) No team (1933–1936) Alex Yunevich (1937) Dan Rose (1938–1942) Malcolm Filson (1943) No team (1944) L. M. Sweeney (1945) Dan Rose (1946–1952) Bill Theunissen (1953–1962) Waldo Sauter (1963–1970) Dave Keilitz (1971–1984) Dean Kreiner (1985–1998) Judd Folske (1999–2002) Steve Jaksa (2003–2018) Jordan Bischel (2019–2023) Jake Sabol (2024– )

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