| Lawrence Simmons | |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1911 |
| Birth Place: | Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fairview Heights, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1936–1937 |
| Player Team2: | Tennessee A&I |
| Player Positions: | Fullback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1938 |
| Coach Team2: | Tennessee A&I (backfield) |
| Coach Years3: | 1939 |
| Coach Team3: | Tennessee A&I |
| Coach Years4: | 1948 |
| Coach Team4: | Tennessee A&I (backfield) |
| Coach Years5: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team5: | South Carolina State |
| Coach Years6: | 1953–1954 |
| Coach Team6: | Tennessee A&I (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1955–1960 |
| Coach Team7: | East St. Louis Lincoln HS (IL) |
| Coach Years8: | 1961–1962 |
| Coach Team8: | Tennessee A&I |
| Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
| Coach Years10: | 1947–1950 |
| Coach Team10: | Tennessee A&I |
| Coach Years11: | 1953–1955 |
| Coach Team11: | Tennessee A&I |
| Overall Record: | 20–18–3 (college football) 43–14 (high school football) |
| Championships: | Football 1 MAA (1961) |
Lawrence E. Simmons (July 5, 1911 – October 9, 1994) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tennessee A&I State College—now known as Tennessee State University—in Nashville, Tennessee in 1939 and again from 1961 to 1962, and at the Colored Normal Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina—now known as South Carolina State University—in Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, compiling a career college football coach record of 20–18–3. Simmons also had two stints as the head baseball coach at Tennessee A&I, from 1947 to 1950 and 1953 to 1955.[1] [2]
Simmons was the head football coach at East St. Louis Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Illinois from 1955 to 1960, tallying a mark of 43–14.[3]
Simmons and his wife Mildred celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 1968.[4] He and his wife are interred alongside each other at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri.[5] [6]