Josh Simpson Season 2023
LSU assistant coach Josh Simpson has helped lead the Tigers to College World Series titles in two of the past three seasons. The director of baseball operations for LSU’s 2023 National Championship team, Simpson returned to Baton Rouge as assistant coach in June 2024 after one season at Georgia, and he assisted in guiding the Tigers to the 2025 National Championship.
Simpson has a significant role in LSU’s recruiting operation, and he works as the Tigers’ first-base coach.
Simpson worked with a 2025 LSU offense – led by All-Americans Jared Jones and Derek Curiel – that completed the season No. 6 in the nation in runs scored (536), No. 7 in bases on balls (360), No. 8 in hits (671) and No. 9 in doubles (136).
Jones, LSU’s first baseman, finished eighth in the nation with 22 home runs, and he increased his career total to 64 homers, the third-highest mark in LSU history. Curiel, the Tigers’ leftfielder, batted a team-high .345 and was named 2025 National Freshman of the Year by D1 Baseball.
Simpson worked during the 2024 season as assistant coach at Georgia, where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament No. 7 National Seed and the NCAA Athens Regional title.
Before serving as LSU’s director of operations in 2023, Simpson worked as an MLB scout for the Texas Rangers from 2016-22.
Simpson was the head coach from 2008-15 at New Mexico Junior College, where he completed his career as the second winningest coach in program history, posting a 283-163 record. He saw over 18 players drafted into Major League Baseball and qualified for the regional tournament in eight consecutive seasons.
In 2014, he led NMJC to the Western Junior College Athletic Conference title, and he was named the WJCAC Coach of the Year.
Prior to becoming the NMJC head coach, Simpson was the hitting coach in 2007 at Central Arizona College, where he helped guide the team to the Region I Championship and a second place finish in the Western District Playoffs.
He worked as the volunteer coach at the University of New Mexico in 2006, and in 2005 he was the head coach at Lamar (Colo.) Community College, where his squad won the Region IX Championship and finished second in the Western District Playoffs. Lamar CC posted an overall record of 51-11 and a No. 4 final national ranking.
Simpson earned a bachelor’s of science degree in 2003 from Northwestern Oklahoma State, and he received a master’s degree in 2010 from East Central University in Ada, Okla.
Simpson and his wife, Amanda, have two sons, Cooper and Koen.