Keith Simons enters his second season as the Associate Head Coach for the Wesleyan womens soccer program in 2020. Upon his arrival in 2019, Simons helped lead Wesleyan to one of the program's best seasons in recent memory in 2019 as the Cardinals achieved their best regular-season performance since 2011 with a 9-4-2 overall record and a 4-4-2 conference mark. Wesleyan set a new program record for longest unbeaten streak in a season with eight (6-0-2), surpassing the previous record of six that was set by the 1981 and 1993 teams. The Cardinals also won their third Little Three title and first since 1982. During that eight-game unbeaten streak, Wesleyan defeated the defending national champion and No. 1 ranked Williams, 2-1, at home and earned a national ranking, vaulting as high as No. 21 in the list. Simons arrived in Middletown after previously serving as the head mens soccer coach at The Sage Colleges from 2016-18. His first season with the Gators proved to be very successful, as Keith guided the team back to the Skyline Conference Championship game, while coaching two Skyline Conference All-Star players. He followed his first year with a 10-6-2 overall record in 2017, en route to the Empire 8 Conference Championship game.Prior to arriving at Sage, Simons was an assistant mens soccer coach at Skidmore College for three seasons where he helped lead the Thoroughbreds to a 32-18-6 overall record. He also guided the team to the Liberty League Championship two times in his three years. During his tenure at Skidmore, the squad was recognized twice with NSCAA Team Academic Awards, while the 2015 team was ranked No. 22 in the nation. Simons was an assistant coach at Elmira for two seasons (2011 & 2012) before he found his way to Skidmore, and spent time as a volunteer assistant coach prior to that. A 2010 graduate of Manhattanville College, Simons was co-captain his senior year and received the colleges Male Scholar Athlete of the Year award. He was a three-time Middle Athletic Conference All-Academic selection and was NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Honorable Mention in 2009. He earned his masters degree in general management from Elmira in 2013. He currently holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma, NSCAA Goalkeeping Level III Diploma and USSF National D License.