Bob Simmons
Bob Simmons went 30–38 as a head coach, 1995–2000, at Oklahoma State. Share
- Record
- 30–38 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1997 8–4, No. 24
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Oklahoma State | 4–8 | T–5th | |||
| 1996 | Oklahoma State | 5–6 | 5th (South) | |||
| 1997 | Oklahoma State | 8–4 | T–2nd (South) | Alamo Bowl L | 24 | |
| 1998 | Oklahoma State | 5–6 | T–4th (South) | |||
| 1999 | Oklahoma State | 5–6 | 5th (South) | |||
| 2000 | Oklahoma State | 3–8 | 5th (South) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Alonzo MayesConsensus All‑American, 1997
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 23 | 2–21 | 9% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 7–9 | 44% |
| Conference games | 47 | 16–31 | 34% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 6–12 | 33% |
| At home | 35 | 20–15 | 57% |
| On the road | 30 | 10–20 | 33% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 22–5 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 8–33 | 20% |
His own 68 games on file, 1995–2000, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.C. Slocum 1996–2000 | 0–5 | Texas A&M | 5 | |
| Dan McCarney 1995–2000 | 2–2 | Iowa State | 4 | |
| David Rader 1995–1999 | 2–2 | Tulsa | 4 | |
| Larry Smith 1995–2000 | 1–3 | Missouri | 4 | |
| Spike Dykes 1996–1999 | 1–3 | Texas Tech | 4 | |
| John Blake 1996–1998 | 2–1 | Oklahoma | 3 | |
| Rick Neuheisel 1995–1997 | 1–2 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Bill Snyder 1995–1999 | 0–3 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Mack Brown 1998–2000 | 0–3 | Texas | 3 |
Bob Simmons’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahomaseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Baylorseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Tulsaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Texasseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Texas Techseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Coloradoseries | 4 | 1–3 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Colorado’s 1990 staff (assistant coach, outside linebackers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Also a player: Bob Simmons’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Bowling Green | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1977–79 | Toledo | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 1980–87 | West Virginia | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 1988–91 | Colorado | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 1992–94 | Colorado | Defensive line coach | |
| 1995–2000 | Oklahoma State | Head coach | |
| 2002–04 | Notre Dame | Linebackers coach | |
| 2005–07 | Washington | Tight ends and special teams coach | |
| 2013–15 | Boulder HS (CO) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Don NehlenBowling Green, West Virginia
- Chuck StobartToledo
- Bill McCartneyColorado
- Tyrone WillinghamNotre Dame, Washington
- Kent BaerNotre Dame
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brent GuyUtah State
- DeWayne WalkerUCLA, New Mexico State
- Les MilesOklahoma State, LSU, Kansas
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
- Del MillerMissouri State
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nehlen | Bowling Green | 1976 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Chuck Stobart | Toledo | 1977–79 | Outside linebackers coach | |
| Don Nehlen | West Virginia | 1980–87 | Outside linebackers coach | |
| Bill McCartney | Colorado | 1988–94 | 1988–91: outside linebackers coach; 1992–94: defensive line coach | |
| Tyrone Willingham | Notre Dame | 2002–04 | Linebackers coach | |
| Kent Baer | Notre Dame | 2004 | Linebackers coach | |
| Tyrone Willingham | Washington | 2005–07 | Tight ends and special teams coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Guy | Oklahoma State, 1995–97: linebackers coach | Utah State | |
| DeWayne Walker | Oklahoma State, 1995: defensive coordinator | UCLA, New Mexico State | |
| Les Miles | Oklahoma State, 1995–97: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | Oklahoma State, LSU, Kansas | |
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State, 1995: quarterbacks coach | Oklahoma State | |
| Del Miller | Oklahoma State, 2000: offensive coordinator | Missouri State |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad Glasgow | Oklahoma State, 1995: graduate assistant | |
| Ted Gill | Oklahoma State, 1995: defensive coordinator | |
| Johnny Barr | Oklahoma State, 1996: defensive coordinator | |
| Rob Ryan | Oklahoma State, 1997–99: defensive coordinator | |
| Ron Calcagni | Oklahoma State, 1998–99: offensive coordinator | |
| Josh Henson | Oklahoma State, 1999–2000: tight ends coach | |
| Dave Huxtable | Oklahoma State, 2000: special teams coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Michael Cassity | Oklahoma State, 2000: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.