Bobby Collins (basketball)

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Bobby Collins
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Shaw
Conference CIAA
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1965-10-30) October 30, 1965 (age 58)
Southern Pines, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1991 Eastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1995 Old Dominion (assistant)
1995–2002 Hampton (assistant)
2002–2006Hampton
2006–2014 Winston-Salem State
2014–2018 Maryland Eastern Shore
2018–2020 South Carolina State (asst.)
2020–present Shaw
Head coaching record
Overall229–249 (.479)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MEAC tournament championship (2006)
CIAA Southern Division championship (2011)
CIAA tournament championship (2012)
Awards
MEAC Coach of the Year (2015)
Ben Jobe Award (2015)

Bobby Lee Collins (born October 30, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Maryland Eastern Shore. Prior to Maryland Eastern Shore, Collins had been the head coach at Winston-Salem State University and Hampton University.

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Playing career

Collins played collegiate basketball at Eastern Kentucky University from 1987 until 1991, earning All-Ohio Valley Conference Honorable Mention in his senior season. After earning his degree in business administration and management, he played one season overseas in Finland before returning to his alma mater to spend two years as an admissions counselor. In 1994, Collins took his first coaching job as an assistant to Jeff Capel II with the Old Dominion Monarchs.

Coaching career

He left Old Dominion after one season to join the coaching staff at Hampton. As a part of the Pirates' staff, Collins helped a program that was transitioning to Division I upon his arrival become a constant presence at the top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. This rise to the top reached its apex with back-to-back MEAC tournament titles in 2001 and 2002. The 2001 Pirates squad pulled off one of the most memorable upsets in the history of the NCAA tournament, playing as a 15-seed and defeating the second-seeded Iowa State Cyclones in the first round.

Hampton

Following the 2002 season, Hampton's then-head coach Steve Merfeld left the school to take over at the University of Evansville. Shortly thereafter, Collins was promoted to the position as head coach, his first-ever head coaching position.

While Collins was still able to be competitive with the Pirates, he was never able to quite match the same high level of success set by Merfeld. Hampton won 19 games in Collins' first season, a school record for most wins by a first-year coach, but fell just short of a third consecutive MEAC title with a loss to South Carolina State in the MEAC championship game. The Pirates returned to the MEAC title game in 2005, but again fell short, this time falling to Delaware State. Collins was, however, named the MEAC Coach of the Year for his efforts.

In 2006, after finishing in a tie for 5th during the regular season, the Pirates made a surprise run through the MEAC tournament and won their third MEAC title, and their first with Collins at the helm. However, their 16–15 record before the NCAA tournament sent Hampton to the opening-round game in Dayton, Ohio, where the Pirates were eliminated by Monmouth. Just two days after the loss, Collins resigned as the head coach of the Hampton Pirates. [1]

Winston-Salem State

Collins returned to his home state in September 2006 when he was hired to lead the Winston-Salem State Rams in their first season of Division I competition. [2] In his first season with the Rams, playing as an independent with a schedule mostly of road games, Collins managed a 5–24 record. The 2007–2008 season, Collins' second with the team, marked the Rams' first season of MEAC competition. In 2010, Winston-Salem State returned to Division II, where the Rams had four-straight winning seasons and two NCAA tournament appearances.

Maryland Eastern Shore

On April 8, 2014, Collins accepted the head coaching job at Maryland Eastern Shore, returning to coaching in the MEAC with the third different team in his career. [3]
2014–2015 "Win Today" Results:
– 100% Graduation Rate [4]
– Best WINNING season in 41 years [5]
– From 6–24 (.200) to 18–15 (.545): 34.5% improvement [5]
– 3–1 (.750) in the Atlantic 10 Conference [6]
– 11–5 (.687) in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC [7]
– 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (first in 30 years) [8]
– MEAC Coach of the Year [9]
– MEAC Rookie of the Year: Ryan Andino [10]
– Riley Wallace National Player of the Year: Mike Myers [11]
[12]
– The Ben Jobe Award National Coach of the Year [13]
– The Hugh Durham Award National Coach of the Year Finalist [14]

On March 26, 2018, Collins contract with Maryland Eastern Shore was not renewed after 4 seasons. [15]

Personal

Collins, a Southern Pines, North Carolina native, played four years for the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels and played professional basketball in Helsinki, Finland. [16]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Hampton Pirates (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)(2002–2006)
2002–03Hampton 19–1113–5T–2nd
2003–04Hampton 13–1711–7T–3rd
2004–05Hampton 17–1313–5T–2nd
2005–06 Hampton 16–1610–8T–5th NCAA D-I Opening Round
Hampton:65–57 (.533)47–25 (.653)
Winston-Salem State Rams (NCAA Division I independent)(2006–2007)
2006–07Winston-Salem State 4–20 A
Winston-Salem State Rams (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)(2007–2010)
2007–08Winston-Salem State 12–17 A A
2008–09Winston-Salem State 8–21 A A
2009–10Winston-Salem State 12–17 A A
Winston-Salem State Rams (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(2010–2014)
2010–11Winston-Salem State 19–812–5T–1st (Southern) [17]
2011–12Winston-Salem State 21–910–6T–3rd (Southern) [18] NCAA D-II First Round
2012–13Winston-Salem State 21–713–32nd (Southern) [19] NCAA D-II First Round
2013–14Winston-Salem State 18–1111–52nd (Southern) [20]
Winston-Salem State:115–110 (.511)46–19 (.708)
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)(2014–2018)
2014–15 Maryland Eastern Shore 18–1511–53rd CIT First Round
2015–16 Maryland Eastern Shore 10–227–9T–6th
2016–17 Maryland Eastern Shore 14–209–76th
2017–18 Maryland Eastern Shore 7–253–1312th
Maryland Eastern Shore:49–82 (.374)30–34 (.469)
Total:229–249 (.479)

      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

Notes

^A Winston-Salem State became a transitional member of NCAA Division I in 2006 and was ineligible for postseason competition until the 2010–11 season. However, Winston-Salem State decided to return to Division II after the 2009–10 season. [21]

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