Adam Collins

Adam Collins, UNCW's director of men's basketball operations for the past two seasons, has resigned to take a job in Texas.Collins, hired when benny Moss took over the program, is leaving to become assistant athletic director and women's basketball coachhttp://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080613/ARTICLE/806120342&tc=ya
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Collins To Leave Men's Basketball Position

Cape Fear Sports ReportSubmitted by Cape Fear Sport ... on 12 June 2008 - 2:20pm.READ MORE: Sports

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Adam Collins, who has served as UNC Wilmington's Director of Men's Basketball Operations for the last two years, has resigned to become assistant athletic director and women's basketball coach at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas.

A native of Charleston, S.C., Collins joined the staff when Benny Moss took over the program.
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"We appreciate everything Adam has done here and wish him the best of luck," said Moss.
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Collins and his family will be moving to the Lone Star State in the coming weeks.

"I'd like to thank Coach Moss, Director of Athletics Kelly Mehrtens and the rest of the athletic staff for a wonderful experience here," said Collins.

UTPB announced Wednesday that Adam Collins has been hired as the school's new head women's basketball coach.

Collins, who also will be the assistant athletic director, becomes the program's second coach, taking over from John Hufford.
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"It's a great feeling," Collins said by phone Wednesday."This is what I've been shooting for and with my background in NCAA Division II basketball, I think I'll be able to really help as UTPB makes the move from the NAIA to Division II.

"Also, my wife is from Big Spring and my son was born in Odessa, so it's a homecoming for us."

Collins is leaving a job as the director of men's basketball operations at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

He was an assistant coach at Howard College for the 2000-01 season, before taking assistant coaching positions at NCAA Division II schools Indiana University (Pa.) and Henderson State University (Ark.).

While at IUP for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, Collins helped coach the team to the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2002.

He also was the head coach at Mercyhurst Northeast (Pa.) Junior College during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, compiling a 44-14 record and being named NJCAA Regional Coach of the Year.

Collins also was an assistant at Henderson State during the 2005-06 season before taking the job at North Carolina-Wilmington, which is a member of the NCAA Division I Colonial Athletic Association.

"We are pleased to have Coach Collins join our staff," UTPB athletic director Steve Aicinena said in a news release.

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin has named Adam Collins as the new head of the Falcon Women's Basketball program.In addition to his coaching duties, he will also serve as assistant athletic director.Collins is currently the Director of Men's Basketball Operations for the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.Collins served as a Head Men's Coach at Mercyhurst Northeast Junior College.He posted an impressive 44-14 record on route to receiving NJCAA Regional Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04.

Adam Collins was named assistant athletic director and women's basketball coach at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Collins has served as UNC Wilmington's Director of Men's Basketball Operations for the last two years.He was formerly an assistant coach at Henderson State and IUP and also headed up the program at Mercyhurst North East Junior College for two seasons.

Collins added to UNCW hoops staff
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UNC-Wilmington men's basketball coach Benny Moss found someone to handle the administrative duties for his team this season, hiring Adam Collins as director of basketball operations.
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Collins will handle travel arrangements, oversee study hall, and be involved in booster club and other social functions.

Moss, who said Collins is probably "overqualified" for the position, said he's relieved to have a full, four-man staff in place with the first official day of practice exactly one month away.

Collins graduated from Charleston Southern in 1998 and spent the next six seasons coaching at various junior colleges, including two years as head coach at Mercyhurst North East Junior College in Pennsylvania.

Collins worked for UNCW assistant Joe Redmond at Henderson State last season and recently joined the staff at Francis Marion, a division II school in Florence, S.C.

First year head coach Adam Collins has done a great job.Collins came to Mercyhurst-North East after spending the past two seasons as an assistant at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.Collins, a native of Charleston, SC, graduated from Charleston Southern in 1998 with a degree in History.Collins than picked up his masters in Sports Studies/Management while at IUP.He can flat out coach.

Charleston native Adam Collins has joined the staff of first-year Francis Marion University men's basketball coach Gary Edwards, the school announced Tuesday.
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Collins comes to FMU after spending one year as an assistant coach at Henderson State University, during which the Reddies compiled a 15-12 mark.He previously served as head coach at Mercyhurst North East Junior College in Pennsylvania, where he recorded a pair of 20-win seasons (23-6 and 21-8) and earned top 10 national rankings.His 2003-04 squad captured the Western New York Athletic Conference championship.He also worked as an assistant under Edwards at Indiana University of Pennsylvania during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.IUP recorded a combined 44-17 mark and made an appearance in the 2002 NCAA Division II Final Four.Collins served as an assistant at Howard College in Texas, Independence Community College in Kansas and Charleston Southern University.He began his coaching career at Harvest Baptist High School in Charleston, where he led the 1996-97 boys varsity team to a 15-13 record.Collins earned the B.S. degree in history from Charleston Southern, and later received an M.S. degree in sports studies from IUP.He is a graduate of Stratford High School.