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, 1958 and 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 is named Simmons Field in his honor. He died and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.

Head coaching record

Record table
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1937–1973)
1937Missouri13–2–18–21st
1938Missouri11–28–21st
1939Missouri11–310–22nd
1940Missouri8–46–43rd
1941Missouri15–210–21st
1942Missouri12–37–11st
1943Missouri3–3–
1946Missouri5–74–44th
1947Missouri11–89–62nd
1948Missouri15–611–52nd
1949Missouri7–115–76th
1950Missouri11–9–19–52nd
1951Missouri12–69–42nd
1952Missouri20–713–11stCollege World Series Runner-up
1953Missouri11–89–53rd
1954Missouri22–411–11stCollege World Series Champions
1955Missouri14–69–32nd
1956Missouri14–77–64th
1957Missouri13–710–73rd
1958Missouri22–712–31stCollege World Series Runner-up
1959Missouri3–173–118th
1960Missouri12–99–64th
1961Missouri16–713–62nd
1962Missouri22–716–51stCollege World Series
1963Missouri25–817–31stCollege World Series
1964Missouri26–5–119–01stCollege World Series Runner-up
1965Missouri15–813–51st
1966Missouri13–129–94th
1967Missouri15–14–112–92nd
1968Missouri11–69–115th
1969Missouri14–1311–103rd
1970Missouri12–138–95th
1971Missouri17–1612–94th
1972Missouri16–169–116th
1973Missouri13–218–125th
Missouri:481–294–3
Total:481–294–3
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