Women's Basketball
Simons, Mark
Mark Simons
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- simon2m@cmich.edu
- Phone:
- (989) 774-3041
Mark Simons is in his second season as an assistant coach on Heather Oesterle’s Central Michigan women’s basketball staff.
Simons’ first year with the Chippewas was a memorable one as CMU continued to solidify its reputation as the Mid-American Conference’s premier program and one of the very best mid-majors in the nation as it finished 23-7, won a fourth-consecutive Mid-American Conference regular-season championship, a fifth-straight MAC West title, claimed the No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament, earned a third-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, and captured a slew of individual postseason awards.
The ’19-20 Chippewas finished 10th in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll and carried an RPI of 22, far and away the best among MAC teams and fourth best among all mid-majors. The Chippewas put together a remarkable streak during which they won 22 of 23 games, including a 15-0 start in MAC play.
A Mount Pleasant native, Simons has more than 35 years of coaching experience, including a decade as a head coach.
Simons has deep roots in mid-Michigan. He is a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant and has many relatives in the area, including former CMU men’s basketball standout John Simons, Mark’s nephew and Godson.
Simons served during the 2018-19 season at Georgia Tech and was also on the Yellow Jackets’ staff from 2006-08. He was an assistant at Michigan State from 2012-17, helping lead the Spartans to four NCAA Tournament berths and four 20-win seasons.
Simons worked as an advance scout for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA and has also served as an assistant with the women’s program at Auburn and was the head men’s coach at Elon from 1993-2003, leading the program through the transition to NCAA Division I to Division II.
He also coached at Georgia College, St. Andrews (N.C.) College, and Saginaw Valley State. He began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Aquinas, in 1975-76. He was a four-year letter winner as a player at Aquinas. He earned a master’s degree from Michigan State in 1977.
Simons’ first year with the Chippewas was a memorable one as CMU continued to solidify its reputation as the Mid-American Conference’s premier program and one of the very best mid-majors in the nation as it finished 23-7, won a fourth-consecutive Mid-American Conference regular-season championship, a fifth-straight MAC West title, claimed the No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament, earned a third-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, and captured a slew of individual postseason awards.
The ’19-20 Chippewas finished 10th in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll and carried an RPI of 22, far and away the best among MAC teams and fourth best among all mid-majors. The Chippewas put together a remarkable streak during which they won 22 of 23 games, including a 15-0 start in MAC play.
A Mount Pleasant native, Simons has more than 35 years of coaching experience, including a decade as a head coach.
Simons has deep roots in mid-Michigan. He is a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant and has many relatives in the area, including former CMU men’s basketball standout John Simons, Mark’s nephew and Godson.
Simons served during the 2018-19 season at Georgia Tech and was also on the Yellow Jackets’ staff from 2006-08. He was an assistant at Michigan State from 2012-17, helping lead the Spartans to four NCAA Tournament berths and four 20-win seasons.
Simons worked as an advance scout for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA and has also served as an assistant with the women’s program at Auburn and was the head men’s coach at Elon from 1993-2003, leading the program through the transition to NCAA Division I to Division II.
He also coached at Georgia College, St. Andrews (N.C.) College, and Saginaw Valley State. He began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Aquinas, in 1975-76. He was a four-year letter winner as a player at Aquinas. He earned a master’s degree from Michigan State in 1977.
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