CEDAR CITY, Utah-Wednesday, Southern Utah University’s athletic department announced an extension for men’s basketball head coach Todd Simon which runs through the 2023-24 season.

Simon is presently in his fourth season running the Thunderbirds’ program and has netted a record of 40-67 (.374).

SUU men’s basketball has achieved several noteworthy things in Simon’s tenure, including the first postseason tournament win in program history last March. In this game, the Thunderbirds hosted Drake in the collegeinsider.com postseason tournament and bested the Bulldogs 80-73 in overtime.

2018-19 was also the first team the Thunderbirds finished at .500 or better (17-17) since the 2006-07 season while the program also won a program record nine Big Sky Conference games, a feat they will seek to surpass this season.

SUU also excels off the court as they netted a perfect 1.000 Academic Progress Rate score in 2017.