Deitre Collins

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Deitre Collins
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NationalityAmerican
Born (1962-03-03) March 3, 1962 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Sport Volleyball

Deitre Collins (born March 3, 1962) is an American volleyball coach and former player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1] While at Hawai'i, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate volleyball player in both 1983 and 1984. [2] [3] [4]

Collins played professionally in Italy and France, winning two French League titles. [5] After retiring as a player in 1992, she began her coaching career. [6] She was hired as an assistant at Houston under Bill Walton in 1993, and subsequently served the same role at Northern Arizona and South Alabama. [6] Collins accepted her first head coaching position at UNLV in 1996, where she spent eight seasons. [6] She had further head coaching stints at Cornell and San Diego State before joining the Coastal Carolina staff as an associate head coach in 2021. [7] Collins joined the Arizona staff as an assistant coach for the 2023 season. [8] In December 2023, it was announced that she was hired as an assistant coach for the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation ahead of its inaugural 2024 season. [9]

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