John Boone Simpson (February 7, 1925 – August 31, 2010) was an American football coach and athletics administrator.
He graduated in 1942 and served in the Pacific with the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
[2] Simpson was the athletic director and football coach at Somerset High School from 1952 to 1957.
[6] Simpson stopped coaching after the 1966 season, but remained with the Colby as director of summer and special programs.
In his first year as coach, Pitino led the Terriers to its first ECAC North title its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1959.
Under head coach Rick Taylor, BU's football team qualified for the NCAA I-AA playoffs for three straight seasons (1982, 1983, 1984).