Alex Simmons
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1986 |
| 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 | |
Coaching | |
| 2009–2010 | Kansas (graduate manager) |
| 2010–2013 | Middle Tennessee (assistant) |
| 2013–2018 | Ole Miss (assistant) |
| 2018–2023 | Gardner–Webb |
| 2023–2026 | Memphis |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
As coach:
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Alexandria Patrice Simmons (née Fuller; born July 7, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player. She was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Memphis from 2023 to 2026 and at Gardner–Webb University from 2018 to 2023.[1]
Playing career
Simmons played college basketball at Tennessee from 2004 to 2009, where she won two NCAA championships as a player.[2]
Tennessee statistics
Sources[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
Simmons 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
Simmons was named the head coach at Gardner–Webb on April 24, 2018.[1]
Head coaching record
| 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 | 11–13 | 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: | 90–59 (.604) | 62–27 (.697) | |||||||
| Memphis Tigers(American Athletic Conference)(2023–2026) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Memphis | 13–17 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 2024–25 | Memphis | 7–23 | 5–13 | 10th | |||||
| 2025–26 | Memphis | 10–21 | 4–14 | T–12th | |||||
| Memphis: | 30–61 (.330) | 18–36 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 120–120 (.500) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion | |||||||||
External links
- Alex Simmons on X
- Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs profile
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