Maddie Sims joined the Triton coaching staff in the summer of 2024 as the assistant women's basketball coach. She enters her second season on the sidelines for the 2025-26 campaign.

In her first season on the sidelines, Eckerd reched the SSC Tournament semifinals. EC also led the nation in recnounds per game while ranking second in defensive field goal percentage.  

Sims comes to Eckerd from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in New York, where she served as the men's basketball assistant coach this season. 

Sims played at the Division I level, spending her first three seasons at Siena College (NY), where she appeared in 91 games with 51 starts while averaging 8.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. In her junior year, she was tabbed to the All-MAAC Second Team after averaging 12.1 points, 7.8 boards, and 1.53 blocks per game with seven double-doubles. 

She spent the 2020-21 season at the University of Massachusetts, averaging 7.5 points and 4.5 rebounds. She played her final season at the University of Delaware, averaging 12.3 minutes per game. 
 
Sims obtained her bachelor of science from UMass in 2020 and her master's in Public Policy from UMass the following year. She completed her second master's degree in international business at Delaware in 2022.