Tre Simmons

Chester Simmons III (born July 24, 1982), better known as Tre Simmons, is an American former professional basketball player and current coach. He played college basketball for Odessa, Green River CC and Washington before playing professionally in Greece, Spain, Israel, Czech Republic, Russia, Puerto Rico and France. Simmons was named EuroChallenge Final Four MVP in 2013.

Tre Simmons

Simmons as a coach with Oregon in 2025
Oregon Ducks
Position	Assistant coach
Conference	Big Ten
Personal information
Born	(1982-07-24) July 24, 1982 (age 43) Seattle, Washington
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Garfield (Seattle, Washigthon)
College	Odessa (2001–2002) Green River CC (2002–2003) Washington (2003–2005)
NBA draft	2005: undrafted
Playing career	2005–2018
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Career history
As a player:
2005–2006	PAOK
2006–2007	Gran Canaria
2007	Hapoel Galil Elyon
2007–2008	Hapoel Holon
2008–2009	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2009–2010	Hapoel Jerusalem
2010–2012	ČEZ Nymburk
2012–2013	Krasnye Krylya Samara
2013–2015	ČEZ Nymburk
2015	Cangrejeros de Santurce
2015–2016	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2016	Antibes Sharks
2017–2018	Hapoel Afula
As a coach:
2023–present	Oregon (assistant)
Career highlights
2× Israeli Super League champion (2008, 2009) Israeli Supercup MVP (2009) 2× Czech NBL champion (2011, 2012) 2× Czech Cup winner (2011, 2012) Russian Cup winner (2013) EuroChallenge champion (2013) EuroChallenge Final Four MVP (2013) First-team All-Pac-10 (2005)

College career

Simmons played college basketball at Odessa College, Green River Community College and the University of Washington. He was named to the 2004–05 season's All-Pac-10 First Team.

Professional career

Simmons began his professional career in 2006 when he joined the Greek League club PAOK. He then moved to the Spanish League and ULEB Cup club Gran Canaria for the 2006–07 season, but in the middle of the season moved to Israel and signed for the Superleague club Hapoel Galil Elyon. The following season he moved to Hapoel Holon with whom he won the league championship.

He joined the Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2008–09 season.^[1] For the 2009–10 season he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem.^[2] From 2010 to 2012 he played for ČEZ Nymburk in Czech Republic where he won Czech National Championship and the Czech National Cup. In June 2012 he signed with Krasnye Krylya Samara of Russia for the 2012–13 season.^[3] In July 2013, he returned to ČEZ Nymburk.^[4] On May 29, 2015, he signed with Cangrejeros de Santurce of Puerto Rico for the 2015 BSN season.^[5]

On November 29, 2015, he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv.^[6]

On August 26, 2016, he signed with French club Antibes Sharks.^[7]

On December 18, 2017, he returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Hapoel Afula of the Liga Leumit for the rest of the season.^[8] One day later, he made his debut in a 94–92 win over Maccabi Hod HaSharon, recording 22 points, four assists and four rebounds.^[9]

On November 8, 2018, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.^[10]

Coaching career

On July 25, 2023, Simmons was hired to join Kelly Graves staff as an assistant coach for the Oregon Ducks women's basketball team.^[11]