Former Oklahoma State head football coach Bob Simmons died Tuesday, the college introduced.
He was 77.
Specifics of his loss of life will not be but identified.
Simmons, who was the primary and solely Black head football coach at Oklahoma State, spent six seasons main the Cowboys. The faculty employed him forward of the 1995 marketing campaign to interchange Pat Jones, who had managed simply two convention wins over 4 seasons.
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Simmons led the Cowboys to an 8-4 document in 1997. They reached as excessive as No. 12 within the nationwide rankings that season and earned a visit to the Alamo Bowl, which was this system’s solely bowl look underneath his watch and the college’s first in almost a decade. Simmons earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors that season.
In whole, Simmons completed 30-38 over his six seasons with the Cowboys. He parted with this system after the 2000 season, and was ultimately changed by Les Miles.
That marked Simmons’ solely head teaching cease in his profession, although he spent a long time as an assistant all through the game, and was on workers because the linebackers coach at Colorado in 1990 when the Buffaloes gained the nationwide championship. Simmons additionally frolicked on workers at Notre Dame, Washington, Toledo and West Virginia.