Brian Collins (basketball)
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Tennessee State |
Conference | OVC |
Record | 80–101 (.442) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | March 23, 1984
Playing career | |
2002–2006 | Belmont |
2006 | Bakersfield Jam |
2007 | Kouvot |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2007–2009 | Tennessee State (asst.) |
2009–2012 | Cumberland (asst.) |
2012–2015 | Columbia State CC |
2015–2017 | East Tennessee State (asst.) |
2017–2018 | Illinois State (asst.) |
2018–present | Tennessee State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 80–101 (.442) (NCAA) 64–28 (.696) (NJCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2013–14 REGION 7 COACH OF THE YEAR,2014–15 NJCAA DISTRICT 7 COACH OF THE YEAR, 2019–20 BOXTOROW COACH OF THE YEAR | |
Brian "Penny" Collins is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Tennessee State Tigers basketball team.[1][2]
Playing career
A Nashville native, Collins was a four-year starter at hometown Belmont under Rick Byrd, and was the captain of the Bruins first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance at the Division I level in 2006. He scored 1,199 points in his career, and left the school as the all-time leader in assists and steals at the Division I level.[2][3]
After graduation, Collins played professional basketball between 2006 and 2007 with the Bakersfield Jam of the NBDL and Kouvot in Finland.[4]
Coaching career
In 2007, Collins began his coaching career serving as a graduate assistant and director of basketball operations at Tennessee State until 2009, when he accepted an assistant coaching position at NAIA institution Cumberland.[2]
Collins landed his first head coaching job, taking the reins of Columbia State where he took over a team that went 10–17 in his first year, but compiled a 54–11 overall record in his final two seasons and led the team to two-straight NCJAA national tournament appearances.[5][6][7] After the 2015 season, Collins joined the staff at ETSU for two seasons before spending one season at Illinois St. as an assistant coach.[8][9]
On March 26, 2018, Collins was named the 21st head coach in Tennessee State history, replacing Dana Ford, who accepted the head coaching position at Missouri State.[2]
Head coaching record
NJCAA
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Columbia State () (2012–2015) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Columbia State | 10–17 * | 7–11 * | N/A | |||||
2013–14 | Columbia State | 28–4 | 17–1 | N/A | ELITE 8 | ||||
2014–15 | Columbia State | 26–7 | 14–4 | N/A | SWEET 16 | ||||
Columbia State: | 64–28 (.696) | 38–16 (.704) | |||||||
Total: | 64–28 (.696) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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NCAA DI
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Tennessee State (Ohio Valley) (2018–present) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Tennessee State | 9–21 | 6–12 | T-8th | |||||
2019–20 | Tennessee State | 18–15 | 9–9 | T–5th | CIT cancelled | ||||
2020–21 | Tennessee State | 4–19 | 3–17 | 12th | |||||
2021–22 | Tennessee State | 14–18 | 8–10 | T–5th | |||||
2022–23 | Tennessee State | 18–14 | 10–8 | T–3rd | |||||
2023–24 | Tennessee State | 17–14 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
Tennessee State: | 80–101 (.442) | 46–64 (.418) | |||||||
Total: | 80–101 (.442) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Tennessee State basketball coach Brian 'Penny' Collins signs 5-year, $1 million deal". The Tennessean.
- ^ a b c d Streamline Technologies, Nashville, TN. "Brian ‘Penny’ Collins Named Tennessee State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach".
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Brian Collins College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "2006-07 Bakersfield Jam Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Columbia State Season Box Score". njcaa.org.
- ^ "Columbia State Season Box Score". njcaa.org.
- ^ "Columbia State Season Box Score". njcaa.org.
- ^ "Collins Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach". Illinois State University.
- ^ Streamline Technologies, Nashville, TN. "Brian Collins – Men's Basketball Coaches – Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics". ETSUBucs.com.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Living people
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