Jeff Sims (American football coach)

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Jeff Sims
Playing career
c. 1994Baker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995Maryville HS (MO) (WR/DB)
1996Central Missouri State (GA/RB)
1997–1998Baker (WR)
1999–2000Mt. San Antonio (QB/WR/ST)
2001Pasadena HS (CA)
2002–2003Mesabi Range
2004–2005Minnesota State (co-OC / RC)
2006Southern Arkansas (OC)
2007–2010Fort Scott
2011Indiana (QC recruiting)
2012Florida Atlantic (associate HC / WR /RC)
2015–2018Garden City
2019Missouri Southern
Head coaching record
Overall2–9 (college)
77–32 (junior college)
Bowls1–2 (junior college)
Tournaments3–2 (NJCAA Region VI playoffs)
1–1 (MCCC playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NJCAA National (2016)
1 NJCAA Region VI (2009)
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.[1]

Sims now works as the managing director of You Move Me, a moving company based in Lenexa, Kansas.[2]

Head coaching record[edit]

College[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
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

Junior college[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
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 NJCAA Region VI championship
2008 Fort Scott 9–2 6–1 2nd L NJCAA Region VI semifinal
2009 Fort Scott 11–1 7–0 1st W NJCAA Region VI 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
2018 Garden City 10–1 7–0 1st L NJCAA Football National Championship
Garden City: 32–13 21–7
Total: 77–32
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References[edit]

  1. ^ Porter, Jared (December 2, 2020). "MSSU dismisses head football coach Jeff Sims". The Joplin Globe. Joplin, Missouri. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Zeff, Sam (May 16, 2022). "Kansas football coach implicated in player's death takes a new coaching job in Florida". Kansas City, Missouri: KCUR-FM. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

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