Ben McCollum

Benjamin M. McCollum (born April 12, 1981) is the current men's basketball head coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.

For the outlaw in Oklahoma, see Ben Golden McCollum.

Ben McCollum
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNorthwest Missouri State
ConferenceThe MIAA
Record272–76 (.782)
Biographical details
Born (1981-04-12) April 12, 1981
Iowa City, Iowa
Playing career
1999–2001North Iowa Area CC
2001–2003Northwest Missouri State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005Northwest Missouri State (GA)
2005–2009Emporia State (assistant)
2009–presentNorthwest Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall272–76 (.782)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× NCAA Division II national championships (2017, 2019)
8× MIAA regular season championships (2012, 2014–2020)
5× MIAA Tournament championships (2016–2020)
Awards
3× NABC Division II Coach of the Year (2017, 2019, 2020)
Basketball Times Division II Coach of the Year (2019)
John McLendon Collegiate Basketball Coach of the Year (2019)
Burns & McDonnell Coach of the Year (2019)
2× HoopDirt.com Division II Coach of the Year (2017, 2019)
2× Clarence Gaines National Coach of the Year (2012, 2020)
6× MIAA Coach of the Year (2012, 2015–2017, 2019, 2020)

McCollum was born in Iowa City, Iowa and grew up in Storm Lake, Iowa where he graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1999. He played basketball for two years at North Iowa Area Community College before transferring to Northwest in 2001 where he played for Steve Tappmeyer as the school made its first Elite Eight appearance. He graduated in 2003 from Northwest with a degree in business finance and then received a masters in athletic administration from the school in 2004. He was an assistant coach at Emporia State University from 2004 to 2008 when he came to Northwest as head coach in 2009.[1]

McCollum's teams struggled the first two years with records of 12–15 in 2009–10 and 10–16 in 2010–11. In the 2011–12 season his teams dramatically turned around as the team completed a 22–7 record, won the regular season MIAA crown, and played in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In 2012, he was honored for the turnaround with the Clarence Gaines Award for best NCAA Division II coach.[2]

Head coach record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Northwest Missouri State (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2009–present)
2009–10 Northwest Missouri State 12–157–139th
2010–11 Northwest Missouri State 10–168–1410th
2011–12 Northwest Missouri State 22–715–5T–1stNCAA Division II 1st Round
2012–13 Northwest Missouri State 21–1011–76th
2013–14 Northwest Missouri State 24–916–3T–1stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2014–15 Northwest Missouri State 25–715–41stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2015–16 Northwest Missouri State 27–619–31stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2016–17 Northwest Missouri State 35–118–11stNCAA Division II National Championship
2017–18 Northwest Missouri State 27–416–31stNCAA Division II 1st Round
2018–19 Northwest Missouri State 38–019–01stNCAA Division II National Championship
2019–20 Northwest Missouri State 31–118–11st
Northwest Missouri State: 272–76 (.782)162–55 (.747)
Total:272–76 (.782)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Northwest hires new basketball coach". March 31, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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