Paul Simmons (American football)
Paul Simmons is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas; a position he has held since 2017. He has won a Great American Conference championship in 2021, and reached the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs in 2017.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Harding |
| Conference | GAC |
| Record | 58–13 |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1994 | Harding |
| Position(s) | Linebacker, defensive end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–2005 | Harding Academy (TN) |
| 2006–2009 | Harding (DL) |
| 2010–2016 | Harding (DC) |
| 2017–present | Harding |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 58–13 (college) 51–38 (high school) |
| Tournaments | 4–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 GAC (2021) | |
As a player for Harding, Simmons was a three-time first-team All-American linebacker and defensive end. He was inducted into the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. Simmons played high school football for the Ashdown High School Panthers in Ashdown, Arkansas from 1988 to 1990.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Bisons (Great American Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Harding | 11–4 | 8–3 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | 6 | |||
| 2018 | Harding | 9–3 | 9–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | 20 | |||
| 2019 | Harding | 10–2 | 10–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | 15 | |||
| 2020 | No season | ||||||||
| 2021 | Harding | 11–2 | 10–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 10 | |||
| 2022 | Harding | 9–2 | 9–2 | 2nd | 22 | ||||
| 2023 | Harding | 8–0 | 8–0 | 9 | |||||
| Harding: | 58–13 | 52–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 58–13 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- "Paul Simmons - Football Coach". Harding University Athletics.
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