KEN L. SIMS
KEN SIMS IS A 1975 NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. HE IS A LIFE LONG NEW HAVEN RESIDENT. HE RESIDES IN NEW HAVEN WITH HIS WIFE DENISE. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN KEN SIMS JR. AND LASHAUANA AND SON-IN-LAW MARK. WHILE ATTENDING NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL KEN PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS KEN HAS MENTORED AND COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE, CAGERS BASKETBALL AND ALL LEVELS OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL. HE HAS BEEN A POSITIVE INSPIRATION TO MANY NEW HAVEN ALUMNI. ONE OF HIS BRIGHTEST DAYS AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER AT NEW HAVEN HE REMEMBERS HAVING FOUR INTERCEPTIONS AGAINST DRYDEN AND WENT ON TO HAVE A 12 INTERCEPTION SEASON. KEN WENT ON TO COACH IN NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOR 20 YEARS. HE ALSO SERVED AS LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT, A COACH AND UMPIRE OF 17 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE START OF THE CAGER PROGRAM.
HE ATTENDED DETROIT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND HE CURRENTLY HAS A BA IN INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT.
SINCE 1988 HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS. KEN HAS HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS SUCH AS TRUSTEE AND VILLAGE PRESIDENT. IN 1989 HE WAS AWARDED A PLAQUE AS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR IN MACOMB COUNTY BY MACOMB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 1996 HE WAS NAMED THE REGIONAL BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR AND BLUE WATER AREA COACH OF THE YEAR. KEN WAS CHOSEN IN 1997 AS MACOMB COUNTY’S BOY’S BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR. KEN HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING LEADER AND MENTOR FOR ALL IN NEW HAVEN.
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