Webber International University Women's Cross Country

Simpson enters his third season with the Warriors as Head Coach of the Mens and Womens Cross-Country and Triathlon teams. He also serves as the Mens and Womens Conference chair for Cross Country. In his 2nd season with the Warriors, Coach Simpson is making strides in moving his teams closer to the top.   The men finished 4th and the women 6th in The Sun Conference cross country championship, which were both improvements from his first year. The men had two All-Conference Runners, Christian Vasquez and Gabriel Barron, while Kathi Whitfield earned All-Conference accolades for the women. The indoor season was just as impressive, where he coached his first indoor All-American in Jordan Clarke (600m; 4th). Later, during the outdoor campaign, Simpson assisted Clarke in earning his second All-American laurel, this time in the 400m dash where he finished 3rd. The time that he ran at Nationals would also be the time that made him a Jamaican Trials Qualifier as well. Adding to the success, the women earned their first conference title in nearly eight years, while the men earned a runner up finish to close out the year. In 2015 with Triathlon Simpson coached his first All American in Melissa Rios La Luz to a 4th place finish in the fall and 3rd place in the spring nationals events.   In his first season with the Warriors, his teams recorded 8th place finishes at The Sun Conference cross country championships. During that time sophomore Kathi Whitfield broke into the womens all time 5k list. During the indoor track campaign, Simpson was instrumental in assisting the womens 4x400m relay team of Kathi Whitfield, Bre Shae Pierce, Lauren Ngyren, and Marly Joseph) qualify for the NAIA Indoor Championship where they placed. Coach Simpson helped guide the men and women to 7th and runner-up team finishes, respectively, at The Sun Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Prior to joining the Warriors, Simpson had an eight-year tenure at North Point High School. During that time, he coached multiple District and Regional Champions and numerous state qualifiers.  In 2012, his boys team finished as district runner-ups and went on to qualify for the state meet for the first time in school history.  In 2013, Simpson's girls team were District Champions and Regional Runner-ups.  They went on to finish 5th at the 4-A state meet.  This was a first qualification as a girls team as well for North Port High School.   Simpson is very familiar with Webber International University.  For the past nine summers he has worked the Warrior Running Camps which are held on the Babson Park campus.  Plus, for the past seven years he has helped Dr. Peter Ormsby in the Scenic 17 Sprint Triathlon.    Coach Jim Simpson was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida.  Simpson served in the United States Marine Corps for six years.  He has been married to his wife Stephanie for 25 years and they have 2 daughters Meghan, Tabitha, and a son Thadues along with two dogs, Daisy and Avit.