Keiser University Athletics

Harvey Simpson enters his sixth season as the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track & Field Coach at Keiser University.

Simpson's Stride

• Coached Harriet Tuson to an NAIA Indoor National Championship in the 600 Meter Run in 2022.
• Helped Melvin Johnson become an All-American in the indoor 60m dash. 
• Oversaw the All-American relay team of Brandon Baker, Vindero Lightfoot, Omario Windett, and Cliff Desir. 
• Guided three indoor NAIA Track & Field All-Americans.
• Off the track, Darin Hinshaw, Gage Rasmussen, and Marie Marc, Ah'leeyah Strappier, and Nikola Vukelja were honored as Sun Conference Champions of Character. 

2026

• Helped lead the Keiser men to third-place finishes at both the Sun Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships, with the distance and hurdles groups producing conference champions, All-Conference performers, school records, and national qualifiers.
• Mentored distance runners Jesse Songo and Adrian Rivadulla to school-record performances, with Songo earning NAIA All-American status and Rivadulla qualifying for both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships while setting the Keiser 800m record.
• Mentored Romee Van Dam to Sun Conference championships in the 60m hurdles (indoor) and 100m hurdles (outdoor), earning national championship appearances in both seasons while setting program records.

2025

• Seahawk women and men finished 5th at Sun Conference XC Championships
• Yanis Le Mouillour was named Sun Conference Freshman of the Year

2024

• Helped the Keiser women to a runner up finish in the Sun Conference Indoor Championships.
• Coached two national qualifiers, and three Sun Conference Champions. 

2023

• Helped top KU men's runner Nikola Vukelja and women's runner Emily Guthrie set new PRs in the 8k and 6k, respectively.
• Mentored Chicago Marathon participant Juan Perez. 

2022

• Guided Keiser through a season that saw numerous individual PRs.
• Mentored Philippine Rey to four top-100 finishes, including a 13th place finish at the Ave Maria Invitational.
• Helped Keiser host the first home meet in school history, the Keiser University Flagship Invitational.
• Tutored Boston Marathon participant Juan Perez. 
• Steered KU to a sixth place finish at Sun Conference XC championships. 

2021

• Took over Keiser cross country and led the Seahawks to a sixth place finish in the Sun Conference. 
• Helped the Seahawks to 38 top-50 finishes, including nine top-10 finishes.

Pre-Keiser
Simpson brings 23 years of coaching experience to the Seahawks with his most recent stop coming at Brewton-Parker College where he served as the Head Track & Field Coach.
 
In his lone season, he coached the programs first Indoor National Champion (60m hurdles). Simpson led the men's outdoor team to a runner-up finish at the Southern States Conference Championship. Overall, he guided 25 student-athletes to All-Conference honors in outdoor track and saw 12 school records broken during the year.
 
Simpson began his collegiate coaching career at Cincinnati Christian University for a season. He coached the 2019 River States Conference Champion in the 60m. Simpson also made stops at Bishop Verot Catholic High School, IceUp Athletics & Track Club and Oasis High School.

Personal
Simpson graduated from Rasmussen University with a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management.