Alex Simmons

Alex Simmons

Personal information
Born	(1986-07-07) July 7, 1986 Fort Johnson South, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Shelbyville Central (Shelbyville, Tennessee)
College	Tennessee (2004–2009)
Position	Power forward / center
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
Coaching
2009–2010	Kansas (graduate manager)
2010–2013	Middle Tennessee (assistant)
2013–2018	Ole Miss (assistant)
2018–2023	Gardner–Webb
2023–2026	Memphis
Career highlights
As player: 2× NCAA champion (2007, 2008) McDonald's All-American (2004) Class AAA Tennessee Miss Basketball (2004) As coach: Big South regular season (2023) Big South tournament (2023) Big South Coach of the Year (2023)

Alexandria Patrice Simmons (née Fuller; born July 7, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player. She was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Memphis from 2023 to 2026 and at Gardner–Webb University from 2018 to 2023.

Playing career

Simmons played college basketball at Tennessee from 2004 to 2009, where she won two NCAA championships as a player.

Tennessee statistics

Sources

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005–06	Tennessee	32	67	45.5%	42.9%	73.3%	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	2.1
2006–07	Tennessee	37	222	49.7%	36.6%	77.6%	4.1	0.9	0.8	0.4	6.0
2007–08	Tennessee	33	227	47.3%	32.4%	74.4%	3.1	0.6	0.5	0.4	6.1
2008–09	Tennessee	33	249	43.2%	22.9%	75.4%	5.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	7.5
Career		139	765	46.3%	32.3%	75.7%	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.3	5.5

Coaching career

Simmons began her coaching career as a graduate student manager at Kansas in 2009. She was later an assistant coach at Middle Tennessee and Ole Miss, working under her former high school coach Rick Insell at Middle Tennessee and Insell's son Matt at Ole Miss.

Gardner–Webb

Simmons was named the head coach at Gardner–Webb on April 24, 2018.

Head coaching record

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (2018–2023)
2018–19	Gardner–Webb	16–15	10–8	T–5th
2019–20	Gardner–Webb	18–11	13–7	5th
2020–21	Gardner–Webb	11–13	10–7	4th
2021–22	Gardner–Webb	16–15	13–5	4th
2022–23	Gardner–Webb	29–5	16–0	1st	NCAA First Round
Gardner–Webb:		90–59 (.604)	62–27 (.697)
Memphis Tigers (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2026)
2023–24	Memphis	13–17	9–9	T–6th
2024–25	Memphis	7–23	5–13	10th
2025–26	Memphis	10–21	4–14	T–12th
Memphis:		30–61 (.330)	18–36 (.333)
Total:		120–120 (.500)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Alex Simmons on X
• Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs profile