Brian Collins (basketball)

Brian Collins

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tennessee State
Conference	OVC
Record	81–102 (.443)
Biographical details
Born	(1984-03-23) March 23, 1984 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
2002–2006	Belmont
2006	Bakersfield Jam
2007	Kouvot
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2009	Tennessee State (asst.)
2009–2012	Cumberland (asst.)
2012–2015	Columbia State CC
2015–2017	East Tennessee State (asst.)
2017–2018	Illinois State (asst.)
2018–present	Tennessee State
Head coaching record
Overall	81–102 (.443) (NCAA) 64–28 (.696) (NJCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2013–14 REGION 7 COACH OF THE YEAR,2014–15 NJCAA DISTRICT 7 COACH OF THE YEAR, 2019–20 BOXTOROW COACH OF THE YEAR

Brian "Penny" Collins is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Tennessee State Tigers basketball team.

Playing career

A Nashville native, Collins was a four-year starter at hometown Belmont under Rick Byrd, and was the captain 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.

After graduation, Collins played professional basketball between 2006 and 2007 with the Bakersfield Jam of the NBDL and Kouvot in Finland.

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.

Collins landed his first head coaching job, taking the reins of Columbia State where he took over a team that went 10–17 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. After the 2015 season, Collins joined the staff at ETSU for two seasons before spending one season at Illinois St. as an assistant coach.

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.

Head coaching record

NJCAA

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Columbia State () (2012–2015)
2012–13	Columbia State	10–17 *	7–11 *	N/A
2013–14	Columbia State	28–4	17–1	N/A	ELITE 8
2014–15	Columbia State	26–7	14–4	N/A	SWEET 16
Columbia State:		64–28 (.696)	38–16 (.704)
Total:		64–28 (.696)
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	9–21	6–12	T-8th
2019–20	Tennessee State	18–15	9–9	T–5th	CIT cancelled
2020–21	Tennessee State	4–19	3–17	12th
2021–22	Tennessee State	14–18	8–10	T–5th
2022–23	Tennessee State	18–14	10–8	T–3rd
2023–24	Tennessee State	18–15	10–8	5th
Tennessee State:		81–102 (.443)	46–64 (.418)
Total:		81–102 (.443)
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