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{{Short description|American baseball and football coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Hi Simmons
| image = Hi Simmons.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Simmons from ''The Savitar'', 1939
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|8|16}}
| birth_place = [[Lancaster, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|1|12|1905|8|16}}
| death_place = [[Columbia, Missouri]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| coach_years1 = 1937–1973
| coach_team1 = [[Missouri Tigers baseball|Missouri]]
| overall_record = 481–294–3
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = [[1954 College World Series]]
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}

'''John "Hi" Simmons''' (August 16, 1905 – January 12, 1995) was the head baseball coach at the [[University of Missouri]] from 1937 until 1973.  

==Coaching career==
During Simmons' tenure, Missouri won one national championship, finished runner-up three other times, appeared in six [[College World Series]] and won 11 conference titles.  Simmons' Missouri team won the [[1954 College World Series]] and finished as runners-up in [[1952 College World Series|1952]], [[1958 College World Series|1958]] and [[1964 College World Series|1964]].  

Simmons also served as a football assistant coach under [[Don Faurot]]. He was inducted into the [[Missouri Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1977, the University of Missouri Hall of Fame in 1990, and is also a member of the [[ABCA Hall of Fame]].  

The field at [[Taylor Stadium (Missouri)|Taylor Stadium]] is named Simmons Field in his honor. He died and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in [[Columbia, Missouri]].

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB yearly record start
| type         = coach
| conference   = 
| postseason   = 
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Missouri Tigers baseball|Missouri Tigers]]
 | conference= [[Big Eight Conference|Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1937
 | endyear   = 1973
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1937 NCAA baseball season|1937]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 13–2–1
| conference   = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1938 NCAA baseball season|1938]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 11–2
| conference   = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1939 NCAA baseball season|1939]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 11–3
| conference   = 10–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1940 NCAA baseball season|1940]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 8–4
| conference   = 6–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1941 NCAA baseball season|1941]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 15–2
| conference   = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1942 NCAA baseball season|1942]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 12–3
| conference   = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1943 NCAA baseball season|1943]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 3–3
| conference   = –
| confstanding = 
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1946 NCAA baseball season|1946]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 5–7
| conference   = 4–4
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1947 NCAA baseball season|1947]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 11–8
| conference   = 9–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1948 NCAA baseball season|1948]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 15–6
| conference   = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1949 NCAA baseball season|1949]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 7–11
| conference   = 5–7
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1950 NCAA baseball season|1950]]
| name         = [[1950 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 11–9–1
| conference   = 9–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1951 NCAA baseball season|1951]]
| name         = [[1951 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 12–6
| conference   = 9–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1952 NCAA baseball season|1952]]
| name         = [[1952 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 20–7
| conference   = 13–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1952 College World Series|College World Series Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1953 NCAA baseball season|1953]]
| name         = [[1953 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 11–8
| conference   = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season       = [[1954 NCAA baseball season|1954]]
| name         = [[1954 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 22–4
| conference   = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1954 College World Series|College World Series Champions]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1955 NCAA baseball season|1955]]
| name         = [[1955 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 14–6
| conference   = 9–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1956 NCAA baseball season|1956]]
| name         = [[1956 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 14–7
| conference   = 7–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1957 NCAA University Division baseball season|1957]]
| name         = [[1957 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 13–7
| conference   = 10–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1958 NCAA University Division baseball season|1958]]
| name         = [[1958 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 22–7
| conference   = 12–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1952 College World Series|College World Series Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1959 NCAA University Division baseball season|1959]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 3–17
| conference   = 3–11
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1960 NCAA University Division baseball season|1960]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 12–9
| conference   = 9–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1961 NCAA University Division baseball season|1961]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 16–7
| conference   = 13–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1962 NCAA University Division baseball season|1962]]
| name         = [[1962 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 22–7
| conference   = 16–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1962 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1963 NCAA University Division baseball season|1963]]
| name         = [[1963 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 25–8
| conference   = 17–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1963 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1964 NCAA University Division baseball season|1964]]
| name         = [[1964 Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]]
| overall      = 26–5–1
| conference   = 19–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = [[1964 College World Series|College World Series Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season       = [[1965 NCAA University Division baseball season|1965]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 15–8
| conference   = 13–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1966 NCAA University Division baseball season|1966]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 13–12
| conference   = 9–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1967 NCAA University Division baseball season|1967]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 15–14–1
| conference   = 12–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1968 NCAA University Division baseball season|1968]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 11–6
| conference   = 9–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1969 NCAA University Division baseball season|1969]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 14–13
| conference   = 11–10
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1970 NCAA University Division baseball season|1970]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 12–13
| conference   = 8–9
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1971 NCAA University Division baseball season|1971]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 17–16
| conference   = 12–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1972 NCAA University Division baseball season|1972]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 16–16
| conference   = 9–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[1973 NCAA University Division baseball season|1973]]
| name         = Missouri
| overall      = 13–21
| conference   = 8–12
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = Missouri
| overall    = 481–294–3
| confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 481–294–3
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Missouri Tigers baseball coach navbox}}
{{1954 Missouri Tigers baseball}}

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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:Missouri Tigers baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Missouri Tigers football coaches]]
[[Category:People from Lancaster, Missouri]]
[[Category:Burials at Memorial Park Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri)]]


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