Doug Simons

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Doug Simons enters his 17th year as head baseball coach at Covenant in 2023. Simons is the second longest-tenured head coach at Covenant behind 29-year women's soccer head coach Mark Duble.
A former Major League Baseball player with the New York Mets (1991) and Montreal Expos (1992), Simons came to Covenant with 18 years of professional baseball experience as a player, coach, and scout.

FAST FACTS
•    Years at Covenant (head coach): 16 (2007-present)
•    Overall record: 287-345 (.454)
•    Conference record: 112-156 (.418)
•    National Tournament appearances: 2 (NCCAA - 2013; NCAA - 2014)
•    Conference regular season titles: 1 (USA South - 2014)

PROGRAM ACCOLADES
•    6 All-America selections
•    1 CoSIDA Academic All-American
•    19 All-USA South honorees (7 first team selections)
•    7 All-USA Southwest Division honorees
•    9 All-Region choices in NCAA era (7 ABCA All-South Region; 2 D3baseball.com All-South Region)
•    10 USA South Player of the Week selections
•    118 USA South All-Academic honorees (through 2021-22)
•    154 overall conference all-academic selections (through 2021-22)
•    5 USA South Team Sportsmanship Awards
•    PROGRAM NOTES
•    5 consecutive 20-plus win seasons from 2010-2014
•    1st win in modern era: Feb. 17, 2007 (W, 9-1 at Johnson Bible)
•    100th win in modern era: Feb. 9, 2013 (W, 4-3 vs. Berea)
•    200th win in modern era: March 24, 2017 (W, 3-2 at William Peace)

QUOTABLE
"We are a Christ-centered program," Simons said about his program. "We want to give the young men in our program the opportunity to grow in Christ, get a great education and develop into players who could play at the next level."
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
In 2014, Simons led his program to its first-ever conference title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Scots claimed the USA South regular season title on the final day of the season and earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament where they were seeded sixth in the South Regional. Eight players from that team were selected to an All-USA South team, including five first team selections.

In his 11th year at the helm of the program in 2017, Simons recorded his 200th career coaching victory when the Scots defeated William Peace 3-2 on March 24. Covenant had three All-USA South selections in 2017, led by two first team choices.
In 2007, Simons' program had its first varsity season since the 1980s. The Scots produced just six wins in each of the first two years and 15 wins the third year. Since 2010, Covenant has finished at or above .500 nine times with a modern era record 28 wins in 2013. The 2013 team was selected to its first NCCAA World Series appearance.

PLAYING CAREER
Simons is a 1988 graduate of Pepperdine University, in his native California. During his three years at Pepperdine, Simons accumulated 28 wins, 18 complete games, five shutouts and, at one point, pitched 30.2 consecutive scoreless innings (still an all-time Pepperdine record). Drafted twice (1987 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and 1988 with the Minnesota Twins), Simons started his professional career after getting his bachelor's degree in education.

BEFORE COVENANT
Simons came on staff in 2005 to restart the intercollegiate baseball program which had been dormant since the 1980s.
Simons came to Covenant after spending 18 years in professional baseball. He played in the major leagues with the New York Mets (1991) and the Montreal Expos (1992). Most of his professional career was spent in the minor leagues where he accumulated 72 wins, 20 complete games, and made three all-star teams (1989 California League, 1990 Southern League, and 1995 Texas League). Simons played in the minor league organizations of the Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, and Houston Astros.
He also played professionally overseas in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Italy. After his playing days ended in 1997, Simons spent four years as a pitching coach in the New York Mets organization and then four years as a full-time area scout with the Texas Rangers.

FAMILY
He and his wife, Julie, have four children: Brian (Covenant '13), KC (Covenant '15), Kirsten (Ricketts) and Paige (Pettit) (Covenant '21). The family lives on Lookout Mountain, Ga.

YEAR-BY-YEAR
•    2007: 6-34 (2-16 AAC)
•    2008: 6-37 (2-16 AAC)
•    2009: 15-35 (8-16 AAC)
•    2010: 21-21 (13-14 AAC)
•    2011: 27-16
•    2012: 24-20 (5-7 GSAC)
•    2013: 28-19
•    2014: 26-15 (19-8 USA South)
•    2015: 15-23 (11-16 USA South)
•    2016: 23-17 (9-8 USA South)
•    2017: 14-24 (6-12 USA South)
•    2018: 13-25 (7-11 USA South)
•    2019: 17-22 (9-13 USA South)
•    2020: 11-4 (6-0 USA South)
•    2021: 19-14 (5-8 USA South)
•    2022: 22-19 (10-8 USA South)

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[nclahammer]

Why is Doug Simons listed on the Twins Daily Players Project?  I can't see that he ever played for the Minnesota Twins.  What's up with that?

[nclahammer]

Doug Simons was drafted by, but never played for the Minnesota Twins.   Curious as to why he's included on the Twins Daily Players Project?

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 hours ago, nclahammer said:

Doug Simons was drafted by, but never played for the Minnesota Twins.   Curious as to why he's included on the Twins Daily Players Project?

The project is open to all players who played at any level with the Minnesota Twins. That way if someone is friends with or related to a Twins minor leaguer - past or present - they can create a page for that player.

[nclahammer]

20 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The project is open to all players who played at any level with the Minnesota Twins. That way if someone is friends with or related to a Twins minor leaguer - past or present - they can create a page for that player.

Cool beans, I must have missed that.   Thanks for correcting, I may have aplayer or two to add as well.

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 hours ago, nclahammer said:

Cool beans, I must have missed that.   Thanks for correcting, I may have aplayer or two to add as well.

Please do!