Jeff Sims (American football coach)
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.
| 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 (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) | |
Sims now works as the managing director of You Move Me, a moving company based in Lenexa, Kansas.