While he was playing professional football, he was also a head college basketball coach at his alma mater, Holy Cross from 1924 until 1925.

He then moved to La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania in his junior year, where he excelled in football, basketball, and baseball.

He hit two home runs and a double in his baseball debut against Dartmouth College, earning him the nickname the “Babe Ruth of the Eastern Intercollegiates.” After graduating, Simendinger was a head college basketball coach for his Holy Cross Crusaders basketball team.

Simendinger then went on to an outstanding coaching and teaching career at Northeast Catholic High School for Boys (North) in his home town of Philadelphia.

He coached future National Football League (NFL) stars such as Frank Reagan and Bucko Kilroy.