Dan Simonds

Dan Simonds, born on February 7, 1965, is an American baseball coach who has worked in the minor leagues, college and amateur ranks and is now director of baseball at IMG Academy. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Barnstable High School, he played college baseball as a catcher at Davidson College and was selected in the seventh round of the 1987 draft by the Baltimore Orioles. He played in the Orioles and Chicago Cubs organizations and reached Triple-A. After his playing career ended in 1991 he worked as a bullpen catcher and roving instructor, then managed the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards for a season. He joined Miami of Ohio as an assistant coach in 2000, spent a season as head coach at Xavier, returned to Miami as head coach in 2006 for eight seasons, and served as associate head coach at Indiana before moving to IMG Academy.