Todd Simon
Todd Simon (born August 3, 1980)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Bowling Green Falcons
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
UNLV record: 9-8 (.529)
Southern Utah record: 118-106 (.527)
Bowling Green record: 20-14 (.000)
Overall record: 147-128 (.535)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2023)
- CIT/TBC Appearances: 3 (2019, 2022, 2024)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 1 (2021)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2021)
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 1 (2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Bowling Green |
| 2016-2023 | Southern Utah |
| 2016 | UNLV (interim HC) |
| 2015-2016 | UNLV (assoc. HC) |
| 2013-2015 | UNLV (asst) |
| 2004-2006 | UNLV (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Pepperdine (volunteer asst) |
Todd Simon Facts
- Todd Andrew Simon
- Born August 3, 1980
- Hometown: Fowler, Michigan
- Alma Mater: Central Michigan University (BS, 2003) / University of Nevada-Las Vegas (M.Ed, 2010)
- Started his coaching career as a JV coach and varsity assistant at Harrison Community HS (MI)
- Moved up to the college ranks in 2003, spending one season as a volunteer assistant on Paul Westphal‘s staff at Pepperdine
- First arrived at UNLV in 2004, working as an assistant under Lon Kruger for two seasons
- From 2006-12, Simon worked as an assistant at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada
- Spent the 2012-13 season as head coach, leading the team to a 35-1 overall record
- Returned to UNLV in 2013 to work on Dave Rice‘s staff; was an assistant for two years then became associate head coach
- Took over as interim head coach in 2016 after Rice was fired mid-season; led the team to a 9-8 record at the helm
- Hired in March 2016 as the head coach of the Southern Utah Thunderbirds
- In 2020-21, Simon led the Thunderbirds to an outright Big Sky title, finishing the regular season 18-3 (11-2); he was named Big Sky COY and recognized nationally with the 2021 Jim Phelan Award
- Went 118-106 overall and 65-28 in his last three seasons at the helm
- Left SUU in March 2023 to become the new head coach at Bowling Green
- Went 20-14 in his first season and appeared in the 2024 CIT
Todd Simon Coaching Tree
- Flynn Clayman (Southern Utah)