Roy Simmons Jr.

Roy Simmons Jr.
Biographical details
Born (1935-08-06) August 6, 1935 (age 89)
Playing career
1955–1958Syracuse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1970Syracuse (freshmen)
1971–1998Syracuse
Head coaching record
Overall290–96
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 1983 NCAA Division I national championship
  • 1988 NCAA Division I national championship
  • 1989 NCAA Division I national championship
  • 1990 NCAA Division I national championship (later vacated)
  • 1993 NCAA Division I national championship
  • 1995 NCAA Division I national championship
Awards
As player:

As coach:

Roy D. Simmons Jr. (born August 6, 1935)[1] is a former American lacrosse coach who was the head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team from 1971 to 1998. Simmons' teams won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Lacrosse Championship six times (one was later vacated), and appeared in the national semifinals 16 consecutive seasons. He won the F. Morris Touchstone Award for the coach of the year in NCAA men's lacrosse in 1980, and was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1991.

  1. ^ "Roy Simmons Jr". Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 29, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2016.