Claude Simons Sr.

Claude M. "Monk" Simons Sr. (November 1886 – November 4, 1943)[1] was an American college sports coach. He served as the head coach for the Tulane University baseball, basketball, track, and boxing teams, and as the Tulane football team trainer from 1926 until his death in 1943.[2][3] Simons was the head basketball coach from 1920 to 1928, and again for the 1930–31 season.[4]

Claude Simons Sr.
Simons (right) aids a player as Tulane trainer
Biographical details
BornNovember 1886
Died(1943-11-04)November 4, 1943
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1946Tulane (trainer)
Basketball
1921–1928Tulane
1930–1931Tulane
Baseball
1924–1927Tulane
Track and field
1920–1923Tulane
Head coaching record
Overall97–73 (basketball)
18–26 (baseball)

He served as the track and field head coach from 1920 to 1923.[5] Simons led the Tulane basketball team to its best record in school history, 22–1 during the 1923–1924 season.[6] He also was the president of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union.[2] Simons was inducted into the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 1962.[2] He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978.[7]

Simons' son, Claude Simons Jr., served as the Tulane football coach from 1942 to 1945.[8]

References
  1. NATA Hall of Fame, National Athletic Trainers' Association, retrieved June 28, 2010.
  2. Hall of Fame Archived April 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association, retrieved June 27, 2010.
  3. TULANE GRIDDERS, ARMED WITH TWO RED APPLES, POINT COLUMBIA WAY, Herald-Journal, November 17, 1939.
  4. 2009–2010 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF), p. 30, Tulane University, 2009.
  5. Tulane 2007 Cross Country 2008 Track & Field Media Guide, p. 33, Tulane University, 2007.
  6. Tulane Green Wave History: Men's Basketball Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tulane University, retrieved June 28, 2010.
  7. Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame, Tulane University, retrieved June 28, 2010.
  8. Claude Simons Jr., College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 27, 2010.
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