The Simpson Storm football team represents Simpson College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Storm are members of the American Rivers Conference (ARC), fielding its team in the ARC since 1923 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Storm play their home games at Bill Buxton Stadium in Indianola, Iowa. Bill Buxton Stadium was previously known as Neff Field from 1949 until it was renamed in 1998. Prior to 1949, the team played at Buxton Park.

Their head coach is Reed Hoskins, who took over the position for the 2023 season.

Conference affiliations Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1922–2017; rebranded) American Rivers Conference (2018–present)

Championships Conference championships Simpson claims 12 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 1997.

1923 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 8–1 7–0 C. Noel Workman 1924 8–0–1 7–0–1 1925† 6–2–1 5–1 1931 7–3 6–0 Lloyd Dean 1933 7–2–1 6–0–1 1934 3–5–2 3–2–1 1949 8–1 6–0 R. G. Miller 1969 8–2 6–1 John Sullivan 1988 9–2 8–0 Jim Williams 1991 10–1 8–0 1996 10–1 8–0 1997 12–1 8–0 † Co-champions

Postseason games

Division III playoff games The Storm have appeared in the Division III playoffs six times with an overall record of 2–6. 1988 Jim Williams First round Wisconsin–Whitewater L 27–29 1989 First round Saint John's (MN) L 35–42 1991 First round Wisconsin–La Crosse L 13–28 1996 First round Saint John's (MN) L 18–21 1997 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Wisconsin–WhitewaterAugsburgMount Union W 34–31W 61–21L 7–54 2003 Jay Niemann First round St. Norbert L 20–26

Bowl games Simpson has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1. 1969 John Sullivan Mineral Water Bowl Saint John's (MN) L 0–21

List of head coaches Key

Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1Charles Cheney18935500 – – – – – – – – – – – 2unknown1894; 189710451 – – – – – – – – – – – 3Perry W. Jenkins18953111 – – – – – – – – – – – 4J. M. Jackson18965230 – – – – – – – – – – – 5Hal McNeil1898–189913850 – – – – – – – – – – – 6Paul Coldren19009621 – – – – – – – – – – – 7John Griffith19019711 – – – – – – – – – – – 8Graham Reid1902–19052710170 – – – – – – – – – – – 9R. N. Post19086510 – – – – – – – – – – – 10Carroll N. Kirk1909–191014950 – – – – – – – – – – – 11Harold Iddings1911–191314590 – – – – – – – – – – – 12Arthur Aston19147241 – – – – – – – – – – – 13Archie Kirk19158260 – – – – – – – – – – – 14Chester C. Dillon1916–1917132101 – – – – – – – – – – – 15Nile Graves1918–1920218121 – – – – – – – – – – – 16Cecil Cushman1921–192215681 – – – – – – – – – – – 17C. Noel Workman1923–1925272232 20 1 1 – – – – 3 – – 18Hoge Workman1926–19304321193 19 8 3 – – – – – – – 19Lloyd Dean1931–19344022144 19 3 3 – – – – 3 – – 20Frank Casey1935–1939; 1942–19478722605 14 30 2 – – – – – – – 21Bob Waldorf1940–1941184122 2 8 1 – – – – – – – 22R. G. Miller1948–19578334472 26 30 3 – – – – 1 – – 23E.G. Booth1958–1961343301 2 29 1 – – – – – – – 24Ken Heizer1962–19653614220 12 21 0 – – – – – – – 25John Sullivan1966–19704430113 24 9 2 0 1 0 – 1 – – 26Al Paone1971–1973279153 6 12 3 – – – – – – – 27Larry Johnson19749261 2 5 0 – – – – – – – 28Maury Waugh1975–19794515300 10 25 0 – – – – – – – 29Alex Glann1980–19844517280 10 25 0 – – – – – – – 30Lloyd Krumlauf1985–1986184140 4 11 0 – – – – – – – 31Jim Williams1987–2001155106481 93 34 0 2 5 0 – 4 – – 32Jay Niemann2002–20076132290 26 23 0 0 1 0 – – – – 33Jim Glogowski2008–20158037430 26 34 0 – – – – – – – 34Matt Jeter2016–20226122390 18 31 0 – – – – – – – 35Reed Hoskins2023–present3014160 11130 – – – – – – –

Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth

SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieSimpson Red and Gold 1893 1893Charles Cheney——— 5 0 0 – – – –—— 1894 1894unknown 3 3 1 – – – –—— 1895 1895Perry W. Jenkins 1 1 1 – – – –—— 1896 1896J. M. Jackson 2 3 0 – – – –—— 1897 1897unknown 1 2 0 – – – –—— 1898 1898Hal McNeil 3 3 0 – – – –—— 1899 1899 5 2 0 – – – –—— 1900 1900Paul Coldren 6 2 1 – – – –—— 1901 1901John Griffith 7 1 1 – – – –—— 1902 1902Graham Reid 5 3 0 – – – –—— 1903 1903 1 4 0 – – – –—— 1904 1904 1 5 0 – – – –—— 1905 1905IAAUS 3 5 0 – – – –——Sport dropped 1906–1907 1908 1908R. N. PostIAAUS—— 5 1 0 – – – –—— 1909 1909Carroll N. Kirk 5 2 0 – – – –—— 1910 1910NCAA 4 3 0 – – – –—— 1911 1911Harold Iddings 0 5 0 – – – –—— 1912 1912 1 2 0 – – – –—— 1913 1913 4 2 0 – – – –—— 1914 1914Arthur Aston 2 4 1 – – – –—— 1915 1915Archie Kirk 2 6 0 – – – –—— 1916 1916Chester C. Dillon 2 3 0 – – – –—— 1917 1917 0 7 1 – – – –—— 1918 1918Nile Graves 4 3 0 – – – –—— 1919 1919 3 3 1 – – – –—— 1920 1920– 1 6 0 – – – –—— 1921 1921Cecil Cushman 2 5 0 – – – –—— 1922 1922 4 3 1 – – – –—— 1923 1923C. Noel WorkmanIIAC 8 1 0 1st 7 00IIAC champion— 1924 1924 8 0 1 1st 7 01IIAC champion— 1925 1925 6 2 1 t–1st 6 10IIAC champion— 1926 1926Hoge Workman 4 3 1 3rd 3 11—— 1927 1927 5 3 0 3rd 4 10—— 1928 1928 4 4 1 8th 4 21—— 1929 1929 5 4 0 6th 5 20——Simpson Redmen 1930 1930Hoge WorkmanNCAA–IIAC 3 5 1 7th 3 21—— 1931 1931Lloyd Dean 7 3 0 1st 6 00IIAC champion— 1932 1932 5 4 1 4th 4 11—— 1933 1933 7 2 1 1st 6 01IIAC champion— 1934 1934 3 5 2 6th 3 21IIAC champion— 1935 1935Frank Casey 1 8 0 10th 1 50—— 1936 1936 3 6 0 8th 2 40—— 1937 1937 0 9 0 13th 0 60—— 1938 1938 1 8 0 12th 1 40—— 1939 1939 1 8 0 11th 1 50—— 1940 1940Bob Waldorf 1 7 1 11th 1 41—— 1941 1941 3 5 1 10th 1 40—— 1942 1942Frank Casey 4 3 0 4th 4 10—— 1943 1943 1 3 0 ——— 1944 1944 3 1 2—— 1945 1945 2 5 0 5th 1 20—— 1946 1946 3 5 1 7th 2 20—— 1947 1947 3 4 2 6th 2 12—— 1948 1948R. G. Miller 2 7 0 10th 2 40—— 1949 1949 8 1 0 1st 6 00IIAC champion— 1950 1950 3 6 0 4th (South) 1 40—— 1951 1951 2 7 0 4th (South) 1 40—— 1952 1952 3 5 0 3rd (South) 2 20—— 1953 1953 0 8 0 5th (South) 0 40—— 1954 1954 1 5 2 8th 0 42—— 1955 1955College Division 6 2 0 3rd 5 20—— 1956 1956 5 2 1 3rd 5 21—— 1957 1957 4 4 0 4th 4 40—— 1958 1958E.G. Booth 2 5 1 7th 2 51—— 1959 1959 0 8 0 9th 0 80—— 1960 1960 0 9 0 9th 0 80—— 1961 1961 1 8 0 9th 0 80—— 1962 1962Ken Heizer 0 9 0 9th 0 90—— 1963 1963 5 4 0 3rd 5 40—— 1964 1964 6 3 0 3rd 5 30—— 1965 1965 3 6 0 7th 2 50—— 1966 1966John Sullivan 3 5 0 6th 2 50—— 1967 1967 7 1 1 2nd 6 10—— 1968 1968 6 1 2 2nd 5 02—— 1969 1969 8 2 0 1st 6 10L Mineral Water Bowl—197019706203rd520—— 1971 1971Al Paone 5 4 0 5th 4 30—— 1972 1972 2 5 2 6th 1 42—— 1973 1973Division III 2 6 1 7th 1 51—— 1974 1974Larry Johnson 2 6 1 6th 2 50—— 1975 1975Maury Waugh 2 7 0 8th 1 60—— 1976 1976 4 5 0 6th 3 40—— 1977 1977 2 7 0 7th 2 50—— 1978 1978 4 5 0 6th 2 50—— 1979 1979 3 6 0 6th 2 50—— 1980 1980Alex Gann 5 4 0 5th 3 40—— 1981 1981 3 6 0 6th 2 50—— 1982 1982 4 5 0 6th 2 50—— 1983 1983 3 6 0 6th 2 50—— 1984 1984 2 7 0 t–7th 1 60—— 1985 1985Lloyd Krumlauf 3 6 0 6th 3 40—— 1986 1986 1 8 0 7th 1 70—— 1987 1987Jim Williams 3 6 0 6th 3 50—— 1988 1988 9 2 0 1st 8 00L NCAA Division III First Round— 1989 1989 8 3 0 2nd 7 10L NCAA Division III First Round— 1990 1990 8 2 0 3rd 6 20—— 1991 1991 10 1 0 1st 8 00L NCAA Division III First Round— 1992 1992 6 2 1 2nd 6 20——Simpson Storm 1993 1993Jim WilliamsNCAADivision IIIIIAC 5 5 0 4th 5 30—— 1994 1994 5 5 0 4th 5 30—— 1995 1995 7 3 0 3rd 6 20—— 1996 1996 10 1 0 1st 8 00L NCAA Division III First Round— 1997 1997 12 1 0 1st 8 00L NCAA Division III Semifinals— 1998 1998 7 3 0 t–3rd 7 30—— 1999 1999 6 4 0 t–4th 6 40—— 2000 2000 6 4 0 t–4th 6 40—— 2001 2001 4 6 0 t–5th 4 50—— 2002 2002Jay Niemann 6 4 0 4th 6 30—— 2003 2003 9 2 0 2nd 7 10L NCAA Division III First Round23 2004 2004 5 5 0 6th 4 40—— 2005 2005 5 5 0 6th 3 50—— 2006 2006 3 7 0 6th 3 50—— 2007 2007 4 6 0 t–6th 3 50—— 2008 2008Jim Glogowski 7 3 0 t–3rd 5 30—— 2009 2009 3 7 0 t–7th 2 60—— 2010 2010 2 8 0 t–7th 2 60—— 2011 2011 5 5 0 5th 5 30—— 2012 2012 6 4 0 t–2nd 4 30—— 2013 2013 7 3 0 2nd 5 20—— 2014 2014 3 7 0 8th 0 70—— 2015 2015 4 6 0 t–4th 3 40—— 2016 2016Matt Jeter 3 7 0 t–7th 2 60—— 2017 2017 5 5 0 t–4th 4 40—— 2018 2018A-R-C 7 3 0 t–2nd 6 20—— 2019 2019 5 5 0 t–5th 4 40—— 2020–21 2020–21 0 1 0 — 0 10—— 2021 2021 1 9 0 8th 1 70—— 2022 2022 1 9 0 8th 1 70—— 2023 2023Reed Hoskins 3 7 0 t–6th 2 60 —— 2024 2024 5 5 0 5th 4 40 —— 2025 2025 6 4 0 4th 5 30 ——

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