Dan Simrell
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1943)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|4|9|mf=y}}
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| alma_mater = University of Toledo (B.A., 1964; M.S., 1975)
| player_years1 = 1962–1964
| player_team1 = Toledo
| player_positions = Quarterback, safety
| coach_years1 = 1965
| coach_team1 = St. Francis de Sales HS (OH) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1966–1968
| coach_team2 = Start HS (OH) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1969–1970
| coach_team3 = Start HS (OH)
| coach_years4 = 1971–1981
| coach_team4 = Toledo (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1982–1989
| coach_team5 = Toledo
| coach_years6 = 1990
| coach_team6 = Memphis State (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1991–1994
| coach_team7 = West Virginia (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 1995–1999
| coach_team8 = West Virginia (OC/QB)
| coach_years9 = 2000–2006
| coach_team9 = Findlay
| coach_years10 = 2007–2014
| coach_team10 = Tri–State / Trine (QB)
| coach_years11 = 2015–2019
| coach_team11 = Olivet (QB)
| overall_record = 81–82–2
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 MAC (1984)
| awards = MAC Coach of the Year (1984)
GLIAC Coach of the Year (2002)
Toledo Rockets Hall of Fame (1996)
Region 3 Division II Coach of the Year (2002)
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Dan Simrell (born April 9, 1943) is an American former college football coach. He was the quarterbacks coach at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan from 2015 to 2019. Simrell served as the head football coach at the University of Toledo from 1982 to 1989 and at the University of Findlay from 2000 to 2006.
Simrell played collegiately as a quarterback for Toledo. In 1964, he set single-season school records for the Rockets in passing yards (1,239), completions (115) and total offense (1,616).{{efn|Broke the previous total offense mark of 1,201 set by Lee Pete in 1947.{{cite news|first=John|last=Olesky|title=Birds of Feather in Air Together on Toledo Trail|date=November 12, 1964|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/160998233/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 16, 2024}}}}{{cite web|title=Dan Simrell|publisher=University of Toledo Athletics|url=https://utrockets.com/honors/hall-of-fame/dan-simrell/218|access-date=December 16, 2024}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Toledo Rockets
| conf = Mid-American Conference
| startyear = 1982
| endyear = 1989
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = Toledo
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Toledo
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1984
| name = Toledo
| overall = 8–3–1
| conference = 7–1–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = California
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Toledo
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Toledo
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Toledo
| overall = 3–7–1
| conference = 3–4–1
| confstanding = T–6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Toledo
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 6th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Toledo
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Toledo
| overall = 49–38–2
| confrecord = 40–26–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Findlay Oilers
| conf = Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2000
| endyear = 2006
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Findlay
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 2–8
| confstanding = T–10th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Findlay
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–7
| confstanding = T–9th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Findlay
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Findlay
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–5
| confstanding = T–4th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Findlay
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Findlay
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 3–7
| confstanding = T–8th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Findlay
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–9
| confstanding = T–11th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Findlay
| overall = 32–44
| confrecord = 27–43
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 81–82–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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External links
- [http://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/fball/coaches/SimrellDan?view=bio Olivet profile]
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