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Claude Simons, Sr. 
Simons (right) aids a player as Tulane trainer Sport(s) Basketball, baseball, boxing, and track & field Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1921–1928
1920–1923
1923–1946
1930–1931Tulane (basketball)
Tulane (track)
Tulane (football trainer)
Tulane (basketball)Claude M. "Monk" Simons, Sr. (1887 – 1943[1]) was an American college sports coach. He served as the head coach for the Tulane University baseball, basketball, track, and boxing teams, and as the Tulane football team trainer from 1926 until his death in 1943.[2][3] Simons was the head basketball coach from 1920 to 1928, and again for the 1930–31 season.[4]
He served as the track & field head coach from 1920 to 1923.[5] Simons led the Tulane basketball team to its best record in school history, 22–1 during the 1923–1924 season.[6] He also was the president of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union.[2] Simons was inducted into the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 1962.[2] He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978.[7]
Simons' son, Claude Simons, Jr., served as the Tulane football coach from 1942 to 1945.[8]
References
- ^ NATA Hall of Fame, National Athletic Trainers' Association, retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ a b c Hall of Fame, Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association, retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ^ TULANE GRIDDERS, ARMED WITH TWO RED APPLES, POINT COLUMBIA WAY, Herald-Journal, November 17, 1939.
- ^ 2009–2010 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF), p. 30, Tulane University, 2009.
- ^ Tulane 2007 Cross Country 2008 Track & Field Media Guide, p. 33, Tulane University, 2007.
- ^ Tulane Green Wave History: Men's Basketball, Tulane University, retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame, Tulane University, retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ Claude Simons, Jr., College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 27, 2010.
Tulane Green Wave head baseball coaches J. P. Clinton (1892–1893) • Jack Dowling & T. L. Bayne (1894–1895) • F. B. Manis (1897–1898) • H. T. Summersgill (1902) • Thomas Willis (1903–1905) • J. Richard (1906–1907) • Bruce Hays (1911–1915) • John Gondolfi • Bruce Hays (1923) • Claude Simons, Sr. (1924–1927) • Peggy Flournoy (1928) • Ted Bank (1930) • Bill Vegan (1937) • Claude Simons, Jr. (1938–1941) • Robert Kellog (1942) • Claude Simons, Jr. (1943–1949) • John Reed (1950–1951) • Dennis Vinzant (1952–1954) • Ben Abadie (1955–1957) • Mel Parnell (1958) • Bob Whitman (1959) • Jack Orsley (1960–1961) • Doug Hafner (1962–1963) • Ben Abadie (1964–1966) • Milt Retif (1967–1974) • Joe Brockhoff (1975–1993) • Rick Jones (1994– )
Tulane Green Wave men's basketball head coaches Silas Hickey (1905–1906) • Coach unknown (1906–1911) • No team (1911–1912) • Appleton A. Mason (1912–1913) • Carl Hanson (1913–1914) • Edwin Sweetland (1914–1915) • Clark Shaughnessy (1915–1918) • M. A. Moenck (1918–1920) • Claude Simons, Sr. (1920–1928) • Bernie Bierman (1928–1930) • Claude Simons, Sr. (1930–1931) • George E. Rody (1931–1933) • Ray G. Dauber (1933–1938) • Claude Simons, Jr. (1938–1942) • Vernon Haynes (1942–1945) • Clifford Wells (1945–1963) • Ted Lenhardt (1963–1964) • Ralph Pedersen (1964–1971) • Dick Longo (1971–1973) • Charles Moir (1973–1976) • Roy Danforth (1976–1981) • Ned Fowler (1981–1985) • No team (1985–1989) • Perry Clark (1989–2000) • Shawn Finney (2000–2005) • Dave Dickerson (2005–2010) • Ed Conroy (2010– )
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- Tulane Green Wave baseball coaches
- 1887 births
- 1943 deaths
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