Earnest Collins Jr.

Earnest Collins Jr.
Playing career
1991–1994	Northern Colorado
Position(s)	Defensive back, punt returner
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999	Northwest Missouri State (DB/AST)
2000–2003	Northern Colorado (DB/ST)
2003–2006	Kansas (DB/ST)
2007	UCF (DB/ST)
2008	Alcorn State (assoc. HC)
2009–2010	Alcorn State
2011–2019	Northern Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall	36–84

Earnest Collins Jr. is an American college football coach, most recently for the University of Northern Colorado, a position he held from 2011 to 2019. Collins also served as the head football coach at Alcorn State University for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. On April 6, 2021, Collins was announced as the head coach for Gateway High School.^[1]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2009–2010)
2009	Alcorn State	3–6	3–4	T–2nd (Eastern)
2010	Alcorn State	5–6	4–5	3rd (Eastern)
Alcorn State:		8–12	7–9
Northern Colorado Bears (Big Sky Conference) (2011–2019)
2011	Northern Colorado	0–11	0–8	9th
2012	Northern Colorado	5–6	4–4	T–5th
2013	Northern Colorado	1–11	0–8	13th
2014	Northern Colorado	3–8	2–6	T–10th
2015	Northern Colorado	6–5	3–5	T–8th
2016	Northern Colorado	6–5	4–4	T–6th
2017	Northern Colorado	3–7	2–6	T–9th
2018	Northern Colorado	2–9	2–6	11th
2019	Northern Colorado	2–10	2–6	T–9th
Northern Colorado:		28–72	19–53
Total:		36–84