The Coaches

HEAD COACH

MATT JETER

Matt Jeter was named the 2018 American Rivers Conference Coach of the Year, becoming the seventh coach in program history to receive the honor and first since 2003 after leading the team to a 7-3 finish and 6-2 A-R-C record.

The 2018 American Rivers Conference Coach of the Year enters his seventh season at the helm in 2022, bringing in a record of 21-30 in his first six seasons. Jeter has coached 32 all-conference performers, six all-region honorees and one All-American while at Simpson. Under his direction, safety Brendan Holmes was a 3x first team all-conference and 3x third team all-region performer between 2017-19 and Michael Connor earned the program’s first All-American honor in 10 years in 2018.

Jeter was a two-year starter at cornerback for the Simpson football team from 1996-97, helping the Storm to a record of 22-2 and two trips to the NCAA Division III Playoffs. The 33rd head coach in program history, Jeter enjoyed a successful run as an assistant coach before taking over the Storm. Jeter was at NCAA Division II Central Missouri from 2010-15, starting out as the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach before taking over as the defensive coordinator from 2011-15.

Jeter helped Central Missouri to a 47-22 mark in his six seasons on staff, including three postseason appearances. The Mules won at least six games each season during Jeter’s tenure, highlighted by a recordsetting 11-win season in 2010 when the Mules finished 11-3 and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs. Central Missouri posted eight-win campaigns in 2011, 2014 and 2015, appearing in the Kanza Bowl in 2011 and winning the Texarkana Bowl in 2014. The Mules went 8-3 last fall, narrowly missing a berth in the postseason. Jeter’s defenses consistently ranked among the best in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The Mules were third in total defense in 2015 (365.8 ypg), fifth in 2013 (391.6 ypg) and fourth in 2012 (365.8). His units had a knack for creating turnovers, generating 59 in the last two seasons, including a MIAA-leading 30 in 2014. In five years as defensive coordinator, Jeter’s teams allowed less than 23 points per game while 16 defensive players earned all-MIAA honors. Prior to joining the staff at Central Missouri, Jeter spent eight years as an assistant at NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision member Drake University. He served as the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator for the Bulldogs, helping Drake win the Pioneer Football League title in 2004. He was the defensive coordinator in 2007, piloting a unit that led the PFL in redzone scoring and ranked fourth in the nation with 31 forced turnovers. Jeter helped the Bulldogs to six consecutive winning seasons from 2004-09, including a 10-2 mark in 2004, a 9-2 record in 2006 and an 8-3 mark in 2009.

Jeter started at cornerback for head coach Jim Williams in 1996 and 1997, the most successful two-year period Simpson football history. The Storm won back-to-back Iowa Conference titles, going 10-1 in 1996 in 12-1 in 1997. Jeter was a team captain on the 1997 team that set a school record for wins in a season and made an appearance in the national semifinals. He also earned two letters as a member of the track and field team.

He transferred to Simpson from Iowa Central Community College, where he was a first team allregion selection and team captain as a sophomore in 1995. Jeter earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Simpson in 1998. He and his wife, Kimberly, have two sons: Jordan and Jayden.

THE JETER FILE

Hometown......................... Des Moines, Iowa (Roosevelt HS) Family.................... Wife, Kimberly; sons Jordan and Jayden Alma Mater.................................................... Simpson, 1998 Playing Experience................................. Simpson [1996-97] ..................................................... Iowa Central CC [1994-95]

Coaching Experience

Simpson, head coach....................................................2016Central Missouri, defensive coordinator...................2011-15 Central Missouri, special teams coordinator.................. 2010 Drake, defensive backs .............................................2002-09 Des Moines Lincoln HS, assistant .................................. 1998

GEORGE LOVE

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR • 4TH SEASON

George Love is in his fourth season with the Storm as the defensive coordinator. Love spent three seasons at Angelo State University. Prior to there, Love worked at Eastern Illinois University and had a two-year stint at the University of North Dakota. Love played four seasons at Division I Eastern Illinois.

DAN KELLEY

OFFENSIVE LINE • 4TH SEASON

Dan Kelley begins his fourth year as the offensive line coach for the Storm in 2022. Kelley came to Simpson from NAIA powerhouse, Morningside College, where he held the same capacity for four seasons. During that span, the Mustangs went 50-5 and won the 2018 National Championship. Kelley was a three-year letterwinner for Simpson and was an All-IIAC First Team selection in 2012.

JAMES HOFFMAN

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR • 16TH SEASON

James Hoffman was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in the 2017 offseason and will call the plays again in 2022. This season marks Hoffman’s 16th on the Simpson staff. A three-year letterwinner as a defensive back for the Storm from 2003-05, Hoffman resides in Des Moines with his wife, Kasey (a former Simpson softball player), and daughters Kameryn and Kourtney.

BRAEDON TOVEY

SPECIAL TEAMS • 4TH SEASON

A 2016 Simpson graduate, Braedon Tovey is in his fourth season as special teams coordinator for the Storm. Tovey was a three-year letterwinner at quarterback from 201315. He comes from Hastings College after holding the offensive graduate assistant job since 2017. Tovey has experience coaching on the sideline in Bill Buxton Stadium, as he was Simpson’s student assistant in 2016.

BRAD GREEN

PUNTERS AND KICKERS 7TH SEASON

BRENT PARROTT

DEFENSIVE BACKS 12TH SEASON

TOM MIHALOVICH

RUNNING BACKS 4TH SEASON

ANDY BREAM

DEFENSIVE LINE 1ST SEASON

JASON NAGEL

TIGHT ENDS 1ST SEASON