Joey Simmons

Joey has been involved in coaching for 40 years. He has been married for 40 years to his wife Paula and has three children and eleven grandchildren. His select basketball success includes six AAU National Championships, four AAU National Runner-up Championships, two PBT Super 64 National Championships and one adidas Nationals Runner-Up Championship. In five short years of coaching high school basketball, he won over 127 games, with three Final 4 appearances in the TAPPS State Finals and two Elite 8 finishes.

In 2001, his Junior Olympic team traveled to Europe, representing AAU, to compete against European Olympians. The team went 4-0 in their travels around Europe. He is presently the owner of Premier Basketball Report, a national scouting service and runs Premier Basketball Tournaments, which includes the Heart of Texas Showcase in April and the Super 64 National Championship Tournament in July. He runs the Texas Elite adidas boys and girls basketball program that has teams throughout the state of Texas. He is also formerly the Athletic Director and Girls Head Basketball Coach at St. Joseph High School in Bryan.

Joey is the McDonald’s All-American girl’s representative for the State of Texas and serves on the selection committee of the McDonald’s All-American girls teams. In just three short years, the Premier Basketball Report Scouting Service has become one of the leading scouting services in the country.
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• 6-time AAU National Champions (2004, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998)
• 4-time AAU National Runner-ups (2002, 2001, 2000, 1999)
• 9-time AAU National Elite Eight Finalists (1998-2007)
• 12-time AAU National Sweet Sixteen Finalists (1995-2007)
• 13-time AAU National Tournament Finalists (1995-2007)

• Traveled to Europe and defeated the German, Austrian, and two Italian Olympic teams (2001)
• AAU Junior Olympic National Champions (2000)
• AAU Junior Olympic National Runner-ups (1999)

• Tapps 3A State Final 4 – Took team to State Final 4 first year at St. Joseph (2009)

• Tapps 6A State Regionals – Took team to State Playoffs for fourth year in a row (2008)
• Tapps 6A State Final 4 – Took team to State Final 4 for second year in a row (2007)
• Tapps 6A State Final 4 – Took team to State Final 4 in just second year at Nolan Catholic High School; school had not been to Final 4 since 1988 (2006)
• Tapps 6A State Regionals – Took team to State Regionals first year at Nolan Catholic High School (2005)

• Two time PBT Super 64 National Champions (2011, 2014)
• adidas Nationals - National Runner-Ups (2014)

• Founder and Director - Heart of Texas Invitational Showcase (2000-Present)
• Founder and Director – Super 64 and Super 32 National Championship Tournament (2009-present)
• President / Founder – Texas Express Basketball Club (1995-2007)
• President / Director – Southwestern AAU Girls Basketball (2002-2005)
• Co-President – USA Hoops / Texas Shooting Stars Basketball Club (2003-2005)
• President – Texas Shooting Stars Basketball Club (2001-2002
• Board of Directors – Texas Shooting Stars Basketball Club (1997-1999)

• Coached over 100 players that have gone on to play Division I basketball, many players who have played junior college basketball, and four players who made it to the WNBA.
• Successfully coached youth sports and high school basketball for 40 years with over 2,000 victories.
• Coaching experience in several sports including girls basketball, boys basketball, boys soccer, girls soccer, boys baseball, and girls softball.