Missouri State

REBA SIMS
Basketball, Field Hockey, and Softball Coach, 1969-79
Inducted May 6, 1989

Reba Sims made her mark as a coach in the formative years of Missouri State women’s sports, guiding three teams in a tenure which lasted just over a decade. Sims guided the softball Bears from 1965 to 1971, coached the basketball team from 1969 to 1979, and also worked with the field hockey team. Sims took the Bears’ softball team to three straight AIAW state titles as MSU placed third in the national meet in 1969, second in 1970 and third in 1971. Sims also took her teams to considerable success in basketball, as MSU won state titles in 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1975, placing second in the AIAW regional meet in 1974 and third in the region in 1975. Sims’s teams had a 10-season record with the Lady Bears of 129-116.