Brian Collins (basketball)
Brian "Penny" Collins is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Tennessee State Tigers basketball team.[1][2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Tennessee State |
| Conference | OVC |
| Record | 27–36 (.429) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 23, 1984 Nashville, Tennessee |
| 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 | 81–74 (.523) |
Playing career
A Nashville native, Collins was a four-year starter at hometown Belmont under Rick Byrd, and was part 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 0-27 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia State () (2012–2015) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Columbia State | 0–27 (GAMES FORFEIT) | 0–18 | 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: | 54–38 (.587) | 31–23 (.574) | |||||||
| Total: | 54–38 (.587) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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NCAA DI
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State (Ohio Valley) (2018–present) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Tennessee State | 9–21 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Tennessee State | 18–15 | 9–9 | T–5th | CIT cancelled | ||||
| 2020–21 | Tennessee State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Tennessee State: | 27–36 (.429) | 15–21 (.417) | |||||||
| Total: | 27–36 (.429) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Tennessee State basketball coach Brian 'Penny' Collins signs 5-year, $1 million deal".
- Streamline Technologies, Nashville, TN. "Brian ‘Penny’ Collins Named Tennessee State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach".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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)