Bio

Head Coach Joseph Simmons
joseph.simmons@wallacestate.edu
256.352.8481

Joseph Simmons enters his first season as head coach of the WSCC women’s basketball program.

Simmons previously served as assistant coach to the men’s basketball team from 2006-2010 under former coach Allen Sharpe, who is now the women’s basketball coach at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Before his first stint coaching at Wallace State, Simmons was the head varsity boy’s basketball coach at East Poinsett County Schools in Lepanto, Arkansas from 2004 to 2006.

After leaving Wallace State in 2010, he served as the head varsity girl’s basketball coach at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky (2010-2017) and head varsity girl’s basketball coach at Goodpasture Christian School in Madison, Tennessee (2017-2022).

He returns to Wallace State after most recently serving as head varsity girl’s basketball coach at Green Hill High School in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee (2022-2024).

Simmons takes over a team that finished the 2023-2024 season 25-6 and as runner-up in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) South District/Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) championship. The Lady Lions own six ACCC championships and have made six appearances at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I National Tournament.

Simmons’ career coaching record is 483-171 between 16 years coaching high school (363-156) and four years as assistant at Wallace State (120-15). Simmons holds master’s degrees from the University of the Cumberlands and United States Sports Academy, a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas State University and an associate’s degree from Crowley’s Ridge College. He played collegiately at Crowley’s Ridge College (Arkansas) from 1998-2000, and Vennard College (Iowa) from 2001-2002. Simmons and his wife, Adrienne, are the parents of two daughters – Kennedy and Kylie.