Hi Simmons
{{Short description|American baseball and football coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Hi Simmons
| image = Hi Simmons.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Simmons from The Savitar, 1939
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|8|16}}
| birth_place = Lancaster, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|1|12|1905|8|16}}
| death_place = Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1937–1973
| coach_team1 = Missouri
| overall_record = 481–294–3
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1954 College World Series
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
John "Hi" Simmons (August 16, 1905 – January 12, 1995) was the head baseball coach at the University of Missouri from 1937 until 1973.
Coaching career
During Simmons' tenure, Missouri won one national championship, finished runner-up three other times, appeared in six College World Series and won 11 conference titles. Simmons' Missouri team won the 1954 College World Series and finished as runners-up in 1952, 1958 and 1964.
Simmons also served as a football assistant coach under Don Faurot. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1977, the University of Missouri Hall of Fame in 1990, and is also a member of the ABCA Hall of Fame.
The field at Taylor Stadium is named Simmons Field in his honor. He died and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.
Head coaching record
{{CBB yearly record start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Missouri Tigers
| conference= Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1937
| endyear = 1973
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1937
| name = Missouri
| overall = 13–2–1
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1938
| name = Missouri
| overall = 11–2
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1939
| name = Missouri
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1940
| name = Missouri
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1941
| name = Missouri
| overall = 15–2
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1942
| name = Missouri
| overall = 12–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1943
| name = Missouri
| overall = 3–3
| conference = –
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1946
| name = Missouri
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1947
| name = Missouri
| overall = 11–8
| conference = 9–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1948
| name = Missouri
| overall = 15–6
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1949
| name = Missouri
| overall = 7–11
| conference = 5–7
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1950
| name = Missouri
| overall = 11–9–1
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1951
| name = Missouri
| overall = 12–6
| conference = 9–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1952
| name = Missouri
| overall = 20–7
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series Runner-up
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1953
| name = Missouri
| overall = 11–8
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season = 1954
| name = Missouri
| overall = 22–4
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1955
| name = Missouri
| overall = 14–6
| conference = 9–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1956
| name = Missouri
| overall = 14–7
| conference = 7–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1957
| name = Missouri
| overall = 13–7
| conference = 10–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1958
| name = Missouri
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 12–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series Runner-up
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1959
| name = Missouri
| overall = 3–17
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1960
| name = Missouri
| overall = 12–9
| conference = 9–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1961
| name = Missouri
| overall = 16–7
| conference = 13–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1962
| name = Missouri
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 16–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1963
| name = Missouri
| overall = 25–8
| conference = 17–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1964
| name = Missouri
| overall = 26–5–1
| conference = 19–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series Runner-up
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1965
| name = Missouri
| overall = 15–8
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1966
| name = Missouri
| overall = 13–12
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1967
| name = Missouri
| overall = 15–14–1
| conference = 12–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1968
| name = Missouri
| overall = 11–6
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1969
| name = Missouri
| overall = 14–13
| conference = 11–10
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1970
| name = Missouri
| overall = 12–13
| conference = 8–9
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1971
| name = Missouri
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 12–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1972
| name = Missouri
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1973
| name = Missouri
| overall = 13–21
| conference = 8–12
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Missouri
| overall = 481–294–3
| confrecord =
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 481–294–3
}}
References
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{{Missouri Tigers baseball coach navbox}}
{{1954 Missouri Tigers baseball}}
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Category:Missouri Tigers baseball coaches
Category:Missouri Tigers football coaches
Category:People from Lancaster, Missouri
Category:Burials at Memorial Park Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri)
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