Clayton B. Simmons

Clayton Byron Simmons (October 11, 1876 – July 24, 1922) was an American osteopath and college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach Iowa State Normal School—renamed Iowa State Teachers College in 1909 and now known a s University of Northern Iowa—in Cedar Falls, Iowa from 1908 to 1909 and at the First District Normal School—commonly known then as Kirksville Normal now known as Truman State University—in Kirksville, Missouri from 1910 to 1911, compiling a career college football coaching record of 14–9. Simmons was also the head basketball coach at Iowa State Teachers for one season, in 1909–10, tallying a mark of 4–3.[1][2]

Clayton B. Simmons
Biographical details
Born(1876-10-11)October 11, 1876
Oil City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 1922(1922-07-24) (aged 45)
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materColgate (1904)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1909Iowa State Normal
1910–1911Kirksville Normal
Basketball
1909–1910Iowa State Normal
Head coaching record
Overall14–9 (football)
4–3 (basketball)

Simmons was a 1904 graduate of Colgate University.[3] He was also a graduate of the Kansas City School of Medicine and the American School of Osteopathy. Simmons was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania. He died on July 24, 1922, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.[4]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Iowa State Normal (Independent) (1908–1909)
1908 Iowa State Normal 5–0
1909 Iowa State Normal 6–0
Iowa State Normal: 11–0
Kirksville Normal (Independent) (1910–1911)
1910 Kirksville Normal 3–4
1911 Kirksville Normal 0–5
Kirksville Normal: 3–9
Total:14–9

References
  1. School Education, Volume 26. School Education Company. 1907. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. Yearbook and List of Active Members of the National Education Association. National Education Association. 1910. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. Summer Term. University of Northern Iowa. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. "Recent Deaths". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. July 25, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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