Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Nevada [Exh] on October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
7:00 PM
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Men's Basketball
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Men's Basketball
Triston Simpson
- Title:
- Special Assistant to the Head Coach
- Email:
- tsimpson@huntsman.utah.edu
- Phone:
- 385-547-4454
Triston Simpson begins his first season on the Runnin’ Utes staff midway through the 2024-25 season in December of 2024 as the special assistant to the head coach.
Simpson comes to SLC from Nebraska where he was in his first season as a graduate manager with the Husker basketball program.
Simpson returned to his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., after spending the 2023-24 as an assistant coach at Indian Hills Community College. In his lone season the Warriors, they went 29-6 overall with North Central District and Region XI titles before reaching the NCJAA semifinals. Two players earned NJCAA All-America honors while seven players earned all-region accolades.
No stranger to head coach Craig Smith, Simpson played two seasons at South Dakota under Smith. A two-time All-Summit League honoree, he played 124 games for the Coyotes – totaling 1,193 points and nearly 400 assists. He averaged double figures in each of his final two seasons, including a career-high 14.0 points per game in 2018-19. During his four seasons at USD, the program won 81 games, including a 26-9 mark in 2017-18.
Following his collegiate career, Simpson played overseas professionally for three seasons, with stops in Iceland, Argentina, Cyprus and Estonia.
Simpson received a bachelor’s degree in sports management from South Dakota in 2020.
Simpson comes to SLC from Nebraska where he was in his first season as a graduate manager with the Husker basketball program.
Simpson returned to his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., after spending the 2023-24 as an assistant coach at Indian Hills Community College. In his lone season the Warriors, they went 29-6 overall with North Central District and Region XI titles before reaching the NCJAA semifinals. Two players earned NJCAA All-America honors while seven players earned all-region accolades.
No stranger to head coach Craig Smith, Simpson played two seasons at South Dakota under Smith. A two-time All-Summit League honoree, he played 124 games for the Coyotes – totaling 1,193 points and nearly 400 assists. He averaged double figures in each of his final two seasons, including a career-high 14.0 points per game in 2018-19. During his four seasons at USD, the program won 81 games, including a 26-9 mark in 2017-18.
Following his collegiate career, Simpson played overseas professionally for three seasons, with stops in Iceland, Argentina, Cyprus and Estonia.
Simpson received a bachelor’s degree in sports management from South Dakota in 2020.
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