Chris Collins (basketball)

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Chris Collins is a basketball player and coach from Northbrook, Illinois. He is currently the associate head coach of the Duke University Men's Basketball Team and is the son of NBA coach Doug Collins^[1].

Collins awards in high school included Illinois Mr. Basketball, McDonald's All American, and McDonald's All American 3 point champion. After graduating from Glenbrook North he went on to play at Duke University. Collins received many honors for his play at Duke and was named to the All-ACC rookie team as a freshman in 1993. During his senior year, he was team captain, named Second Team All-ACC and also was awarded the Swett-Baylin Memorial Trophy, which is a trophy for Duke's MVP. He was a solid player. He was the first player from Glenbrook North ever to play in college.

After graduating from Duke, he played professional basketball in Finland for two years. Collins returned to the United States and became an assistant coach in the WNBA for the Detroit Shock for two years and at Seton Hall for three years. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater at Duke as an assistant coach to the present day.

On March 5, 2007, Porter Moser was fired from his position as the head coach of the Men's Basketball team at Illinois State University. Collins' name came up as a possible replacement, due to his ties to the university through his father, including the fact that the court at Illinois States' Redbird Arena was recently named "Doug Collins Court."