Willard Sims led the Truman (then Northeast Missouri State) mens basketball to its last MIAA regular season championship back in 1979. Two years later, his 1981 Bulldogs won the first-ever MIAA postseason tournament championship.
Sims, who was in Kirksville for the dedication of a renovated locker room named for him, says those title winning teams had great chemistry.....
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The '79 and '81 squads both made the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Sims doesn't necessarily go right to the championships when thinking about this favorite teams....
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Sims won 310 games, from 1971 to 1995. After his time in Kirksville was done, he coached overseas....
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Longtime Bulldog coach Willard Sims, who is coping with Parkinson's Disease and currently resides in Georgetown, Texas.
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