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]

Brian Collins
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamTennessee State
ConferenceOVC
Record27–36 (.429)
Biographical details
Born (1984-03-23) March 23, 1984
Nashville, Tennessee
Playing career
2002–2006Belmont
2006Bakersfield Jam
2007Kouvot
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2009Tennessee State (asst.)
2009–2012Cumberland (asst.)
2012–2015Columbia State CC
2015–2017East Tennessee State (asst.)
2017–2018Illinois State (asst.)
2018–presentTennessee State
Head coaching record
Overall81–74 (.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
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Columbia State () (2012–2015)
2012–13 Columbia State 0–27 (GAMES FORFEIT)0–18N/A
2013–14 Columbia State 28–417–1N/AELITE 8
2014–15 Columbia State 26–714–4N/ASWEET 16
Columbia State: 54–38 (.587)31–23 (.574)
Total:54–38 (.587)

      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

NCAA DI
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Tennessee State (Ohio Valley) (2018–present)
2018–19 Tennessee State 9–216–1210th
2019–20 Tennessee State 18–159–9T–5thCIT cancelled
Tennessee State: 27–36 (.429)15–21 (.417)
Total:27–36 (.429)

      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

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References
  1. "Tennessee State basketball coach Brian 'Penny' Collins signs 5-year, $1 million deal".
  2. Streamline Technologies, Nashville, TN. "Brian ‘Penny’ Collins Named Tennessee State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach".CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Brian Collins College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. "2006-07 Bakersfield Jam Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  5. "Columbia State Season Box Score". njcaa.org.
  6. "Columbia State Season Box Score". njcaa.org.
  7. "Columbia State Season Box Score". njcaa.org.
  8. "Collins Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach". Illinois State University.
  9. 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)


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