Daniel Simpson

  • Title
    Head Coach - Cross Country / Assistant Coach - Track & Field
  • Email
    dsimpson@heidelberg.edu
  • Phone
    419.448.2179
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Career Synopsis
  • The 2025-26 school year is Simpson's second season coaching at his alma mater
  • Serves HU as head coach for men's and women's cross country and assistant coach for men's and women's track & field
  • Previous head coaching experience includes stints at Baldwin Wallace, Menlo, Lake Forest, and North Park
2024-2025
  • Guided the men's cross country team to a top 25 finish at NCAA Regionals
2022-2024
  • Served as the head coach of track & field at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio
2021-2022
  • Worked as the head coach of the cross country and track & field teams at Menlo College in Atherton, Calif.
2018-2019
  • Was the head coach of the cross country teams and assistant coach for the track & field teams at North Park University in Chicago, Ill.
2012-2018
  • Served as head men's and women's cross country coach at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. 
  • Coached the distance runners within the track & field program
2007-2012
  • Rose through the coaching ranks with assistant coaching stints at Augusta University (Ga.), Defiance College (Ohio) and the University of Mount Union (Ohio)
 Collegiate Experience
  • 2007 graduate of Heidelberg, earning a degree in psychology and English literature
  • Four-year member of the cross country team and track & field teams
  • Earned a combined four All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors
  • Three-time All-Great Lakes Region performer
  • Led the cross country team to nationals as a junior and a senior
  • Graduated as the school record holder in the Outdoor 5,000 Meter Run
  • Still holds a top-ten time in the 8K in the history of the cross country team