DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF

Ted Haag  |  Defensive Cordinator: Linebackers

After a successful playing career for the Storm, Ted Haag enters his second season as an assistant coach in 2015. This season he makes the switch from linebackers to the defensive line.

Haag was a four-year letterwinner at linebacker for the Storm, earning second team all-conference honors as a senior in 2013. He served as a team captain in 2013 and graduated with a double major in management and economics.

Tim Lone  |  Defensive Line

The 2015 season marks Tim Lone’s fourth as an assistant coach for Simpson, where he works with the defensive line.

No stranger to Storm Football, Lone was a student coach for the Red and Gold from 2007 to 2009 and was a member of the team in 2006. The last two seasons he served as an offensive and defensive line coach at Dowling Catholic High School.

Lone graduated from Simpson in 2010 with majors in journalism and mass communications. He and his wife Megan reside in Des Moines.

Johnnie Sims  |  Defensive Line

A standout defensive lineman during his playing days, Johnnie Sims begins his first season on the Storm coaching staff in 2015. A 2014 graduate of Simpson, Sims was a two-year letterwinner and two-time all-Iowa Conference performer as a defensive end. He finished his career with 10 sacks, including seven as a junior in 2012.