Chris Collins (basketball)
Collins coaching Northwestern in March 2015 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Northwestern |
Conference | Big Ten |
Record | 138–152 (.476) |
Annual salary | $1.43 million |
Biographical details | |
Born | April 19, 1974 |
Playing career | |
1992–1996 | Duke |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1998 | Detroit Shock (assistant) |
1998–2000 | Seton Hall (assistant) |
2000–2013 | Duke (assistant) |
2013–present | Northwestern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 138–152 (.476) |
Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
As player: Second-team All-ACC (1996) Illinois Mr. Basketball (1992) | |
Christopher Ryan Collins (born April 19, 1974) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's coach at Northwestern University. Collins previously served as associate head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team and is the son of National Basketball Association (NBA) player, coach, and commentator Doug Collins.[1]
Playing career
At Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois, Collins played on the varsity basketball and won Illinois Mr. Basketball and McDonald's All American honors. After high school, he went on to play at Duke University. Collins received many honors for his play at Duke and was named to the All-ACC rookie team as a freshman in 1993. During his senior year, he was team captain, named Second Team All-ACC and also was awarded the Swett-Baylin Memorial Trophy, which is a trophy for Duke's MVP.
After graduating from Duke, he played professional basketball in Finland for two years.
Coaching career
Collins returned to the United States and became an assistant coach in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the Detroit Shock for one year under head coach Nancy Lieberman; and at Seton Hall for two years under head coach Tommy Amaker. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski as an assistant coach and was promoted to associate coach in the summer of 2008.[1]
He was instrumental in Duke's signing of Jon Scheyer, a fellow Glenbrook North Mr. Basketball winner (2006), who, like Collins, had also considered attending Illinois. Scheyer, who Collins was key in luring to Duke, has since been named as Mike Krzyzewski’s successor as head coach, following his retirement, for Duke after the 2021-2022 season.[2]
When Bill Carmody was fired as head coach of Northwestern in March 2013, Collins was immediately mentioned as a primary target.[3] Collins' hiring was announced March 27, 2013.[4] After three years of gradual improvement, the 2016–17 season saw Collins lead the Wildcats to their best season since before World War II. The Wildcats finished with their first winning Big Ten Conference record in 49 years, earned their first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, and went on to win their first NCAA Tournament game. Northwestern had been the only member of a power conference to have never made the tournament.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Northwestern | 14–19 | 6–12 | T–10th | |||||
2014–15 | Northwestern | 15–17 | 6–12 | T–10th | |||||
2015–16 | Northwestern | 20–12 | 8–10 | 9th | |||||
2016–17 | Northwestern | 24–12 | 10–8 | T–5th | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2017–18 | Northwestern | 15–17 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
2018–19 | Northwestern | 13–19 | 4–16 | 14th | |||||
2019–20 | Northwestern | 8–22 | 3–17 | 13th | |||||
2020–21 | Northwestern | 9–15 | 6–13 | 12th | |||||
2021–22 | Northwestern | 15–16 | 7–13 | T–10th | |||||
2022–23 | Northwestern | 5–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
Northwestern: | 138–152 (.476) | 56–113 (.331) | |||||||
Total: | 138–152 (.476) |
References
- ^ a b Chris Collins Bio – GoDuke.com—Official Athletics Web site of Duke University
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Chris (March 28, 2013). "Northwestern Hires Chris Collins: Instant Analysis". Inside NU.
- ^ "Chris Collins Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". Northwestern University.
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