the West Indies and Zimbabwe at the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Simmons was at the helm with Ireland for over 224 matches, making him the longest serving coach in international matches. In March 2015, he accepted an offer to take charge as head coach of his native West Indies. WICB chief executive Michael Muirhead said of his signing, "Phil has a proven ability to develop players, while cultivating great team spirit and a winning culture, we have a number of young, talented players about whom he is excited to be coaching and we believe he is the right fit". In 2016, he led the West Indies team to a historic second T20 World Cup victory in India. At the time the former top ranking cricket team was in a period of significant struggles, and he was tasked with bringing the team from near the bottom of the top ten rankings and back into prominence. He was the batting coach for Afghanistan national cricket team and later on was appointed as the head coach in 2017. In June 2019, he was named as the coach of the Brampton Wolves franchise team for the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. In October 2019, he was reappointed as the head coach of the West Indies team. He resigned after the 2022 t20 World Cup in Australia but coached the team until the conclusion of the recently ended test tour of Australia. Personal life Phil Simmons is a fan of English football club Tottenham Hotspur. His nephew Lendl Simmons is a cricketer who has also featured for the West Indies. References External links 1963 births Living people Border cricketers Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1992 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Durham cricketers Easterns cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Coaches of the West Indies cricket team Wisden Cricketers of the Year Trinidad and Tobago cricket coaches Wales National County cricketers Wales National County cricket captains Coaches of the Irish national cricket team People from Arima Scarborough Festival President's XI cricketers Coaches of the Zimbabwe national cricket team Coaches of the Afghanistan national cricket team