Terry Sims

For the American murderer, see Terry Melvin Sims.

Terry Sims (born c. 1971) is an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethune–Cookman University from 2015 to 2022.^[1] Sims was fired following the 2022 season.^[2]

Terry Sims

Current position
Title	Director of football operations
Team	Alabama State
Conference	SWAC
Biographical details
Born	c. 1971
Playing career
c. 1993	Knoxville
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994	Knoxville (SA)
1995	Louisville (GA)
1997–1999	Austin Peay (RB)
2000–2003	Texas Southern (DB)
2004	Prairie View A&M (DB)
2005–2006	Louisiana–Lafayette (STC/RB)
2007–2009	Howard (DB/ST/RC)
2010–2014	Bethune–Cookman (AHC/S/ST)
2015–2022	Bethune–Cookman
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2023–present	Alabama State (DFO)
Head coaching record
Overall	38–39
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MEAC (2015)
Awards
MEAC Coach of the Year (2015)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	FCS#
Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2015–2020)
2015	Bethune–Cookman	9–2	7–1	T–1st		25
2016	Bethune–Cookman	4–6	4–4	T–5th
2017	Bethune–Cookman	7–4	6–2	T–2nd
2018	Bethune–Cookman	7–5	5–2	T–2nd
2019	Bethune–Cookman	7–4	5–3	4th
2020–21	No team—COVID-19
Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2021–2022)
2021	Bethune–Cookman	2–9	2–6	6th (East)
2022	Bethune–Cookman	2–9	2–6	T–5th (East)
Bethune–Cookman:		38–39	31–24
Total:		38–39
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth