Women's Basketball
Simeon Spurling
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- spurlis@miamioh.edu
- Phone:
- 513-529-3300
Simeon Spurling joined the Miami University coaching staff ahead of the 2026-27 season. Spurling previously spent three years on the women's basketball staff at Xavier. He was promoted to the Musketeers' Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development and Technology prior to the 2025-26 season and was Xavier's Director of Player Development/Technology Coordinator from 2023-25.
In his three years at Xavier, Spurling helped produce two All-Big East freshmen award winners and helped coach a defensive unit that finished fourth in conference play in field-goal percentage (.412) and third in turnovers forced per game (20.1) in 2024-25. This past season, the Musketeers defense was even better, holding the opposition to a .406 field goal percentage and posting 9.9 steals per contest.
Spurling joined the Musketeers after two seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland (2021-23). He helped the Greyhounds win double-figure games in 2023 for the time since 2016-17.
Spurling assisted in coaching Lex Therien to All-Patriot League Second-Team honors in 2022-23. The two-time all-conference honoree was also tabbed the Patriot League Rookie of the Year and the ECAC Rookie of the Year in 2021-22.
Prior to Loyola University Maryland, Spurling was the video coordinator at UCLA from 2018-21. The Bruins went 65-24 (38-14 Pac-12) with Spurling on the staff, while advancing to two NCAA Tournaments including the Sweet 16 in 2019.
Spurling was the video coordinator for the Los Angeles Sparks from 2016-18. The Sparks won the WNBA Championship in 2016 with Spurling on staff.
Prior to the Los Angeles Sparks, he served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Hope International University from 2010-17. Spurling coached three all-conference players at Hope International and two NAIA All-Americans. The 2013-14 squad won the Golden State Athletic Conference Championship and advanced to the NAIA Postseason Tournament for the first time in program history.
The Long Beach, Calif., native holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Southern New Hampshire University ('22).
Spurling and his wife, Kelly, reside in Cincinnati with their son Elijah.
In his three years at Xavier, Spurling helped produce two All-Big East freshmen award winners and helped coach a defensive unit that finished fourth in conference play in field-goal percentage (.412) and third in turnovers forced per game (20.1) in 2024-25. This past season, the Musketeers defense was even better, holding the opposition to a .406 field goal percentage and posting 9.9 steals per contest.
Spurling joined the Musketeers after two seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland (2021-23). He helped the Greyhounds win double-figure games in 2023 for the time since 2016-17.
Spurling assisted in coaching Lex Therien to All-Patriot League Second-Team honors in 2022-23. The two-time all-conference honoree was also tabbed the Patriot League Rookie of the Year and the ECAC Rookie of the Year in 2021-22.
Prior to Loyola University Maryland, Spurling was the video coordinator at UCLA from 2018-21. The Bruins went 65-24 (38-14 Pac-12) with Spurling on the staff, while advancing to two NCAA Tournaments including the Sweet 16 in 2019.
Spurling was the video coordinator for the Los Angeles Sparks from 2016-18. The Sparks won the WNBA Championship in 2016 with Spurling on staff.
Prior to the Los Angeles Sparks, he served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Hope International University from 2010-17. Spurling coached three all-conference players at Hope International and two NAIA All-Americans. The 2013-14 squad won the Golden State Athletic Conference Championship and advanced to the NAIA Postseason Tournament for the first time in program history.
The Long Beach, Calif., native holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Southern New Hampshire University ('22).
Spurling and his wife, Kelly, reside in Cincinnati with their son Elijah.
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