| Joe Simmons | |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Laguna Beach, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1913–1915 |
| Player Team2: | Carthage[1] |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1920 |
| Coach Team2: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Years3: | late 1920s |
| Coach Team3: | South Milwaukee HS (WI) |
| Coach Years4: | 1928–1936 |
| Coach Team4: | Milwaukee Country Day (WI) |
| Coach Years5: | 1937–1939 |
| Coach Team5: | Yale (assistant) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1920–1921 |
| Coach Team7: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1921 |
| Coach Team9: | Central Michigan |
| Overall Record: | 4–3–1 (college football) 11—5 (college basketball) 10–1–1 (college baseball) |
Joseph F. Simmons (June 5, 1895 – March 4, 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1920, compiling a record of 4–3–1. He was also the head basketball and head baseball coach at Central Michigan during the same academic year. Simmons graduated from Carthage College, where played football, basketball, and baseball, and ran track. He coached high school football at South Milwaukee High School in the late 1920s and at Milwaukee Country Day School from 1928 to 1936. He was an assistant football coach at Yale University from 1937 to 1939.[2] [3]