He served as the head coach for the Tulane University baseball, basketball, track, and boxing teams, and as the Tulane football team trainer from 1926 until his death in 1943.

[2][3] Simons was the head basketball coach from 1920 to 1928, and again for the 1930–31 season.

[4] He served as the track and field head coach from 1920 to 1923.

[5] Simons led the Tulane basketball team to its best record in school history, 22–1 during the 1923–1924 season.

[2] Simons was inducted into the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 1962.