Alexandria Patrice Simmons (née Fuller; born July 7, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Memphis. From 2018 to 2023, she coached at Gardner–Webb University.[1]
| Memphis Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | American Athletic Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 7, 1986 Fort Polk South, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Shelbyville Central (Shelbyville, Tennessee) |
| College | Tennessee (2004–2009) |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Coaching career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2009–2010 | Kansas (graduate manager) |
| 2010–2013 | Middle Tennessee (assistant) |
| 2013–2018 | Ole Miss (assistant) |
| 2018–2023 | Gardner–Webb |
| 2023–Present | Memphis |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
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Playing career
editSimmons played college basketball at Tennessee from 2004 to 2009, where she won two NCAA championships as a player.[2]
Tennessee statistics
editSources[3]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Tennessee | 32 | 67 | 45.5% | 42.9% | 73.3% | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| 2006–07 | Tennessee | 37 | 222 | 49.7% | 36.6% | 77.6% | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| 2007–08 | Tennessee | 33 | 227 | 47.3% | 32.4% | 74.4% | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| 2008–09 | Tennessee | 33 | 249 | 43.2% | 22.9% | 75.4% | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.5 |
| Career | 139 | 765 | 46.3% | 32.3% | 75.7% | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.5 |
Coaching career
editSimmons began her coaching career as a graduate student manager at Kansas in 2009.[4] She was later an assistant coach at Middle Tennessee and Ole Miss, working under her former high school coach Rick Insell at Middle Tennessee and Insell's son Matt at Ole Miss.[5]
Gardner–Webb
editSimmons was named the head coach at Gardner–Webb on April 24, 2018.[1]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Gardner–Webb | 16–15 | 10–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Gardner–Webb | 18–11 | 13–7 | 5th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Gardner–Webb | 10–12 | 10–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Gardner–Webb | 16–15 | 13–5 | 4th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Gardner–Webb | 29–5 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Gardner–Webb: | 89–58 (.605) | 62–27 (.697) | |||||||
| Memphis Tigers (American Athletic Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Memphis | 13–17 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| Memphis: | 13–17 (.433) | 9–9 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 102–75 (.576) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gardner-Webb University Names Alex Simmons Head Women's Basketball Coach". Gardner-Webb University Athletics. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Former Eaglette Fuller living the dream". Shelbyville Times-Gazette. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Former Tennessee Forward Alex Fuller Named KU Women's Basketball Graduate Student Manager". Kansas Jayhawks. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "MEET THE STAFF: Alex Simmons". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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