Bryan Collins
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 30, 1964 |
| Died | (aged 58) |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1985 | St. John's |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| c. 1990 | St. Francis Prep (NY) |
| 1991–1993 | C. W. Post (assistant) |
| 1994–1995 | Merchant Marine (DC/LB) |
| 1996–1997 | C. W. Post / LIU Post (DC/LB) |
| 1998–2018 | C. W. Post / LIU Post |
| 2019–2021 | LIU |
| 2021–2022 | Stony Brook (DL) |
| 2023 | Stony Brook (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 162–84 |
| Tournaments | 3–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 8 NE-10 (2001–2002, 2004–2006, 2014, 2016, 2018) 2 EFC Atlantic Division (1999–2000) 1 PSAC Eastern Division (2011) | |
Bryan Collins (July 30, 1964 – July 8, 2023) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach of the Long Island University (LIU) from 1998 to 2021. He became the head coach of the LIU Post Pioneers, which represented the university's Post campus, in 1998. While LIU then operated two athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and LIU Post Pioneers—only the Post campus had a football team, a situation which continued throughout Collins' career at LIU Post. After the 2018 season, LIU merged its two athletic programs into the current LIU Sharks, with Collins remaining as head coach of the LIU Sharks football team. Collins stepped down from his role at LIU in 2021 and became an assistant football coach at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York.
Collins graduated from St. John's University in Queens in 1987. He began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, Queens.[1]
Collins died on July 8, 2023, at the age of 58.[2][3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. W. Post Pioneers (Eastern Football Conference) (1998–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998 | C. W. Post | 7–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd (Atlantic) | |||||
| 1999 | C. W. Post | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1st (Atlantic) | |||||
| 2000 | C. W. Post | 8–2 | 7–1 | 1st (Atlantic) | |||||
| C. W. Post Pioneers (Northeast-10 Conference) (2001–2007) | |||||||||
| 2001 | C. W. Post | 11–1 | 9–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2002 | C. W. Post | 11–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2003 | C. W. Post | 9–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2004 | C. W. Post | 8–3 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2005 | C. W. Post | 10–3 | 8–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2006 | C. W. Post | 7–3 | 7–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 2007 | C. W. Post | 4–6 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| C. W. Post / LIU Pioneers (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| 2008 | C. W. Post | 3–8 | 2–5 | 6th (Eastern) | |||||
| 2009 | C. W. Post | 6–5 | 5–2 | T–2nd (Eastern) | |||||
| 2010 | C. W. Post | 7–4 | 5–2 | 3rd (Eastern) | |||||
| 2011 | C. W. Post | 7–4 | 6–1 | T–1st (Eastern) | |||||
| 2012 | LIU Post | 3–7 | 2–5 | 5th (Eastern) | |||||
| LIU Post Pioneers (Northeast-10 Conference) (2013–2018) | |||||||||
| 2013 | LIU Post | 5–6 | 3–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2014 | LIU Post | 8–4 | 7–2 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2015 | LIU Post | 7–4 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2016 | LIU Post | 12–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| 2017 | LIU Post | 8–2 | 7–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2018 | LIU Post | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| C. W. Post: | 160–72 | 134–44 | |||||||
| LIU Sharks (Northeast Conference) (2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | LIU | 0–10 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2020–21 | LIU | 2–2 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| LIU: | 2–12 | 2–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 162–84 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Collins' Agenda: I-AA, Local Foes". Newsday. Melville, New York. September 15, 1998. p. A55. Retrieved July 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Bryan Collins, Stony Brook defensive coordinator and former LIU Post coach, dies at 58". Newsday. Melville, New York. September 15, 1998. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "Stony Brook Athletics Mourns the Loss of Bryan Collins". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
