Coleman Collins

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Coleman Collins
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Collins playing in the French Pro A, in 2012.
Personal information
Born (1986-07-22) July 22, 1986 (age 38)
Princeton, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Chamblee (Chamblee, Georgia)
College Virginia Tech (2003–2007), University of California, Los Angeles
NBA draft 2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–2015
Position Power forward / center
Career history
2007–2008 EnBW Ludwigsburg
2008–2009 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2009–2011 Ratiopharm Ulm
2011–2012 HKK Široki
2012–2013 Chorale Roanne
2013–2014 Azovmash
2014 Manama Club
2014–2015 BCM Gravelines
Career highlights and awards

Coleman Alexander Collins (born July 22, 1986) is a retired American professional basketball player who last played for BCM Gravelines of the LNB Pro A.

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Early life

Collins attended Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia, where he played basketball and ran track. He was selected to the all-Atlanta Metro team as a senior, and was MVP of the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game. He also placed 3rd in the state finals in the 400m. [1] He went on to play college basketball at Virginia Tech, where he scored 1144 points, averaging 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds for his career. [1]

Professional career

Collins went undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. In August 2007, he signed with EnBW Ludwigsburg in Germany. [2] In May 2008, he left the team. He went on to sign a contract with the Phoenix Suns. After participating in training camp, he was released before the regular season began. [3] He spent the 2008–09 season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBDL. [4] In July 2009, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm. [5] He stayed with the German team for two seasons, leaving in May 2011.

In September 2011, he signed with HKK Široki in Bosnia. [6] In the spring of 2012, he won both the Bosnian Cup and the league championship.

In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Chorale Roanne in France. [7] In a breakout year, he averaged 10.6 points and 7 rebounds during the regular season, and increased his production by averaging 18.3 points and 7 rebounds in the playoffs. [8] In June 2013, he activated a release clause in his contract and left the team, paying the buyout himself. [9]

In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Azovmash of Ukraine. [10] Following the events of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, amid the onset of the War in Donbass, he left Azovmash on March 1, 2014. [11] Three days later, he signed with Manama Club of Bahrain. [12] In May 2014, he won the Bahrani Championship. [13]

On July 22, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with BCM Gravelines of the French LNB Pro A. [14] On October 21, 2015, he parted ways with Gravelines after averaging 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. [15]

Personal life

Collins is also a freelance writer and artist. [16] [17] While at Virginia Tech he wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Collegiate Times. [18] His writing has been published in various venues, including BOMB Magazine, [19] ESPN.com, [20] and the Huffington Post. [21] Collins received a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA. [22] In 2021, he showed artworks in museum exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Wien [23] [24] and the Carré d'Art, Nîmes. [25]

In 2023, he became an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of California, Irvine. [26]

He speaks several languages, including German, [27] [28] French [29] and Spanish.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Virginia Tech Hokies Bio". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  2. ↑ Ludwigsburg tabs rookie Coleman Collins
  3. ↑ Suns Waive Collins
  4. ↑ Mad Ants Announce 2008 Training Camp Roster [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Ulm adds size with Coleman Collins
  6. ↑ Siroki TT land Coleman Collins
  7. ↑ Chorale Roanne announced Coleman Collins
  8. ↑ French League profile
  9. ↑ Coleman Collins devrait quitter Roanne
  10. ↑ "Azovmash adds Coleman Collins". bcazovmash.com. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Collins leaves Azovmash". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Coleman Collins signs in Bahrain with Al Ahli Manama". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Manama repeat as Zain Basketball League champions
  14. ↑ "Coleman Collins signs a two-year deal with Gravelines-Dunkerque". Sportando.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  15. ↑ Gravelines-Dunkerque, Coleman Collins part ways
  16. ↑ Interview with Coleman Collins discussing his life and career on the 7th Avenue Project radio show
  17. ↑ "Coleman Collins | Artist Profile with Bio". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  18. ↑ A Season Like No Other
  19. ↑ "On Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille by Coleman Collins - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  20. ↑ "Coleman Collins News, Videos, Photos, and PodCasts - ESPN". Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  21. ↑ "Coleman Collins". HuffPost . Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  22. ↑ "Student's international basketball career inspires life as an artist".
  23. ↑ "Cybernetics of the Poor". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  24. ↑ "Cybernetics of the Poor". Kunsthalle Wien. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  25. ↑ "Exhibitions". Carré d'Art. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  26. ↑ "Coleman Collins: Artist, Writer, Educator".
  27. ↑ OrangeZone.TV: Fan-Interview mit Coleman Collins
  28. ↑ OrangeZone.TV wünscht Frohe Weihnachten!
  29. ↑ "Basket : Play-offs : Roanne jouera la belle - Radio Scoop, le meilleur des tubes". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
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