Terry Sims
{{short description|American football coach}}
{{for|the American murderer|Terry Melvin Sims}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Terry Sims
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| current_title = Director of football operations
| current_team = Alabama State
| current_conference = SWAC
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| birth_date = {{Circa|1971}}
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| player_years1 = {{Circa|1993}}
| player_team1 = Knoxville
| player_positions = Defensive back
| coach_years1 = 1994
| coach_team1 = Knoxville (SA)
| coach_years2 = 1995
| coach_team2 = Louisville (GA)
| coach_years3 = 1997–1999
| coach_team3 = Austin Peay (RB)
| coach_years4 = 2000–2003
| coach_team4 = Texas Southern (DB)
| coach_years5 = 2004
| coach_team5 = Prairie View A&M (DB)
| coach_years6 = 2005–2006
| coach_team6 = Louisiana–Lafayette (STC/RB)
| coach_years7 = 2007–2009
| coach_team7 = Howard (DB/ST/RC)
| coach_years8 = 2010–2014
| coach_team8 = Bethune–Cookman (AHC/S/ST)
| coach_years9 = 2015–2022
| coach_team9 = Bethune–Cookman
| admin_years1 = 2023–present
| admin_team1 = Alabama State (DFO)
| overall_record = 38–39
| bowl_record =
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| championships = 1 MEAC (2015)
| awards = MEAC Coach of the Year (2015)
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Terry Sims (born {{Circa|1971}}) is an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethune–Cookman University from 2015 to 2022.{{cite news |last=Woronoff |first=Brent |title=Terry Sims named head football coach at Bethune-Cookman
|url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/article/LK/20141222/News/605068691/DN/ |newspaper=The Daytona Beach News-Journal |location=Daytona Beach, Florida |date=December 22, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2019 }} Sims was fired following the 2022 season.{{cite news |last1=Brice |first1=John |title=Bethune-Cookman making change atop football program |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/bethune-cookman-making-change-atop-football-program |access-date=November 29, 2022 |work=footballscoop.com |publisher=Football Scoop |date=November 29, 2022}}
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = FCS }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
| conf = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = 2020
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2015
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = 25
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2017
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2018
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2020–21
| name = No team—COVID-19
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
| conf = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2021
| endyear = 2022
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 6th (East)
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–5th (East)
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 38–39
| confrecord = 31–24
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 38–39
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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External links
- [https://bamastatesports.com/staff-directory/terry-sims/1420 Alabama State profile]
- [https://bcuathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/terry-sims/387 Bethune–Cookman profile]
- {{Twitter|CoachTerrySims}}
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