J.M. Simpson returns for his second season on the Seahawk men's lacrosse coaching staff in 2010 as an assistant coach.  Simpson brought Division I experience to the table as he spent the three seasons as the head coach at Marist College.

Along with his assistant coaching duties, the Kings Park, N.Y. native serves as the SMCM Intramurals coordinator.

His hiring reunited Simpson with one of his former coaches at Salisbury University as current St. Mary's head coach Chris Hasbrouck mentored Simpson during Hasbrouck's tenure as an assistant coach at Salisbury.  He played for the Sea Gulls from 2001 to 2004 as a defensive short stick midfielder.  After graduation, Simpson served as a Salisbury assistant coach for one year.  He won three national championships (two as a player) and five (four as a player) straight Capital Athletic Conference titles while at Salisbury.

From 2006 to 2008, Simpson served as the head coach at Division I Marist in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and was also the director of club and intramural sports.  During his three seasons at Marist, the Red Foxes totaled seven All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selections, 18 MAAC All-Academic honorees and the 2007 Co-MAAC Rookie-of-the-Year.

Simpson was the Red Fox assistant four months prior to taking the head coach position at Marist in January right before the start of the 2006 season.

While at Marist, Simpson compiled a three-year record of 15-31 overall and a 12-12 mark in MAAC play.  Marist led the nation in face-off percentage and paced the MAAC with nine selections to the All-Academic Team in 2008.

He led the Red Foxes to an appearance in the 2006 MAAC Tournament, concluding that season 6-9 overall and 4-4 in the MAAC.  In 2007, Marist was 6-9 overall and tied for second in the MAAC with a 5-3 league record, but did not appear in the conference tournament due to a tiebreaker.

A 2004 graduate of Salisbury, Simpson holds a B.S. in business administration.