After wrapping up a four-year playing career at Georgia Southern in 2019, Crawford Simmons is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for the men's golf program.
The Eagles won three tournaments in 2021-22, including stroke play at the Sun Belt Championship, and finished fifth at the New Haven Regional to earn a trip to the NCAA Finals. Mason Williams advanced to the final round of stroke play at the NCAA Finals and finished tied for 20th.
The Eagles won two tournaments in the 2020-21 season, including the Sun Belt Championship, and advanced to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, for the program's ninth appearance in the last 12 NCAA Championships.
The 2019-20 campaign saw the Eagles claim two team tournament wins in a seven-event abbreviated season. Simmons was a senior co-captain for the Eagles in 2018-19, and GS won the Schenkel Invitational, its home tournament, for the second time, took fourth in the NCAA Stanford Regional and advanced to the NCAA Championship Finals for the first time since 2010.
A Statesboro native, Simmons was drafted out of high school by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 2009 MLB Draft and pitched in the Royals' organization for five seasons. He was named Pitcher of the Year for the Burlington Royals in 2010 after posting a 6-2 record with a 2.77 ERA.
After his baseball career came to a close, Simmons enrolled at Georgia Southern and walked on to the golf team. The 2015 Forest Heights Club Champion played in 16 career tournaments for the Eagles, and his best finish was a tie for 20th at the 2018 GS Individual Collegiate. Simmons was named to the Sun Belt Commissioner's List all years of his career.
Simmons graduated magna cum laude with a 3.85 cumulative grade point average, earning his bachelor's degree in sport management with a minor in business. He and his wife, Meredith, reside in Statesboro with their son, Seth.
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