Colorado State University Pueblo

Tim Simmons has been connected to CSU Pueblo virtually his entire life and now joins his father, Harry Simmons, as a member of the CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame ... A 1969 graduate of Southern Colorado State College with a degree in mass communication, Simmons earned his master’s degree from the University of Iowa in 1971 ... He became the first recipient of CSU Pueblo’s Mass Communication Department Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1972 ... Simmons returned to his alma mater in 1971 and served as Sports Information Director and Assistant News Bureau Director until 1974, when he left to become the Sports Information Director at Colorado State University in Fort Collins ... His distinguished career in sports communications also included serving as Director of Public Relations for the Denver Nuggets, Information Director for the Big Sky Conference, and Sports Information Director at the University of Colorado ... Simmons’ contributions to CSU Pueblo have continued long after his professional career took him away from campus ... Along with his siblings, Jim, MaryBeth and Martha, he helped establish an endowed scholarship in honor of their parents to benefit CSU Pueblo Athletics ... More recently, Simmons and his sister, Martha, created the 80-for-80 Fund to support Pack men’s basketball ... A member of the University’s President’s Club and a sustaining trustee of the CSU Pueblo Foundation, Simmons has produced “The Howler,” a newsletter chronicling CSU Pueblo Athletics, for the past five academic years ... He also serves as a historian for the CSU Pueblo Athletics Department, helping preserve and share the history of the programs and student-athletes he has followed for a lifetime.