McNeese72
June 14th, 2012, 08:40 AM
No 78 listed on the current online roster.
Here is one of my favorite coaches. Fun to watch and listen to him on the sidelines during scrimmages and games.
http://www.mcneesesports.com/images/2008/7/30/player_Mike.Collins.jpg
Mike Collins
Assistant Coach
Phone: 337.475.5221
Email:
[email protected]
Mike Collins is the assistant head coach, the defensive coordinator and he also handles the secondary. In the past three seasons three of his players have earned all-conference honors.
Hes in his second stint with the Cowboys as he also served during the Bobby Keasler era of the 1990s when McNeese won four Southland Conference titles and played in the FCS championship game in 1997.
Previously he helped Terry Irving, Vincent Landrum, Charlie Ayro and Chad Reeves earn all-American honors along with four SLC defensive player of the year awards.
When he left McNeese after the 1997 season, Collins went on to be the defensive coordinator at his alma mater of Louisiana-Monroe and later served as both interim and head coach of the Warhawks.
He also spent a season as linebacker coach on the national championship staff of Nick Saban at LSU and was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Northwestern State. Collins also had a stint as linebacker coach at Kilgore (TX) High School.
Year at McNeese: 11th (joined in 1991, rejoined in
2008) Birthdate: December 13, 1960 High School:
Ruston High 79 College: UL-Monroe 83; Masters
84 High School Athletics: football, basketball, tennis
letters; all-district LB and guard in football College
Athletics: four year letterman at UL-Monroe as center
Coaching Career: def. coordinator Ouachita High
85-90; assistant coach McNeese State 91-97; LB
coach, def. coordinator ULM 98-02; head coach ULM
02-03; strength/conditioning LSU 03-04; linebacker
coach LSU 04-05; def. coordinator/assistant head
coach Northwestern State 05-06; LB coach Kilgore
High 07; assistant head coach, defensive coordinator
McNeese 2008-present Married: wife is Terri
Children: John Michael (high school coach) and Matt
(assistant baseball coach at McNeese) Recruits east
Texas Father is Pat Collins who coached ULM to a national title
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