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Christopher Ryan Collins (born April 19, 1974) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's coach at Northwestern University. Collins previously served as associate head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team and is the son of National Basketball Association (NBA) player, coach, and commentator Doug Collins.[1]

Chris Collins

Collins coaching Northwestern in March 2015
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Northwestern
Conference	Big Ten
Record	135–150 (.474)
Annual salary	$1.43 million
Biographical details
Born	(1974-04-19) April 19, 1974 (age 48)
Playing career
1992–1996	Duke
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998	Detroit Shock (assistant)
1998–2000	Seton Hall (assistant)
2000–2013	Duke (assistant)
2013–present	Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall	135–150 (.474)
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
As player: Second-team All-ACC (1996) Illinois Mr. Basketball (1992)

Playing career

At Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois, Collins played on the varsity basketball and won Illinois Mr. Basketball and McDonald's All American honors. After high school, he went on to play at Duke University. Collins received many honors for his play at Duke and was named to the All-ACC rookie team as a freshman in 1993. During his senior year, he was team captain, named Second Team All-ACC and also was awarded the Swett-Baylin Memorial Trophy, which is a trophy for Duke's MVP.

After graduating from Duke, he played professional basketball in Finland for two years.

Coaching career

Collins returned to the United States and became an assistant coach in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the Detroit Shock for one year under head coach Nancy Lieberman; and at Seton Hall for two years under head coach Tommy Amaker. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski as an assistant coach and was promoted to associate coach in the summer of 2008.[1]

He was instrumental in Duke's signing of Jon Scheyer, a fellow Glenbrook North Mr. Basketball winner (2006), who, like Collins, had also considered attending Illinois. Scheyer, who Collins was key in luring to Duke, has since been named as Mike Krzyzewski’s successor as head coach, following his retirement, for Duke after the 2021-2022 season.[2]

When Bill Carmody was fired as head coach of Northwestern in March 2013, Collins was immediately mentioned as a primary target.[3] Collins' hiring was announced March 27, 2013.[4] After three years of gradual improvement, the 2016–17 season saw Collins lead the Wildcats to their best season since before World War II. The Wildcats finished with their first winning Big Ten Conference record in 49 years, earned their first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, and went on to win their first NCAA Tournament game. Northwestern had been the only member of a power conference to have never made the tournament.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Northwestern	14–19	6–12	T–10th
2014–15	Northwestern	15–17	6–12	T–10th
2015–16	Northwestern	20–12	8–10	9th
2016–17	Northwestern	24–12	10–8	T–5th	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2017–18	Northwestern	15–17	6–12	10th
2018–19	Northwestern	13–19	4–16	14th
2019–20	Northwestern	8–22	3–17	13th
2020–21	Northwestern	9–15	6–13	12th
2021–22	Northwestern	15–16	7–13	T–10th
2022–23	Northwestern	2–0	0–0
Northwestern:		135–150 (.474)	56–113 (.331)
Total:		135–150 (.474)

References

External links

• Northwestern profile
• Duke profile

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