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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Northwest Missouri State |
| Conference | The MIAA |
| Record | 272–76 (.782) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 12, 1981 Iowa City, Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2001 | North Iowa Area CC |
| 2001–2003 | Northwest Missouri State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 | Northwest Missouri State (GA) |
| 2005–2009 | Emporia State (assistant) |
| 2009–present | Northwest Missouri State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 272–76 (.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
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Missouri State (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2009–present) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Northwest Missouri State | 12–15 | 7–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Northwest Missouri State | 10–16 | 8–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Northwest Missouri State | 22–7 | 15–5 | T–1st | NCAA Division II 1st Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Northwest Missouri State | 21–10 | 11–7 | 6th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Northwest Missouri State | 24–9 | 16–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Northwest Missouri State | 25–7 | 15–4 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Northwest Missouri State | 27–6 | 19–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Northwest Missouri State | 35–1 | 18–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II National Championship | ||||
| 2017–18 | Northwest Missouri State | 27–4 | 16–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II 1st Round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Northwest Missouri State | 38–0 | 19–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II National Championship | ||||
| 2019–20 | Northwest Missouri State | 31–1 | 18–1 | 1st | |||||
| Northwest Missouri State: | 272–76 (.782) | 162–55 (.747) | |||||||
| Total: | 272–76 (.782) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Northwest hires new basketball coach". March 31, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)