Eric Simpson is an American women's basketball

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who most recently served as the

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at Loyola University Chicago from 2009 until resigning at the end of the 2012–13 season. He previously served as a women's assistant coach and Director of Men's Basketball Operations at Loyola and was an assistant coach on the high school level at Loyola Academy from 1994 to 1996 and his alma mater, St. Ignatius, from 1999 to 2001. Simpson was also the athletic director and head boys basketball coach at Marquette Catholic High School in Michigan City, Indiana from 2001 to 2005.Player Bio: Eric Simpson - Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site
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Player history and education

Simpson played

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men's basketball on the college level for the

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.Northwestern Record Book
, retrieved 2011-Aug-11 After graduating with a

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in history in 1994, Simpson began a ten-year stint coaching at the high school level before joining the Loyola staff as the Director of Basketball Operations for the men's team.

Head coaching record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Eric Living people American men's basketball players American women's basketball coaches High school basketball coaches in the United States Loyola Ramblers women's basketball coaches Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball players Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)