Chuck Collins (American football)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1903–1977)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Chuck Collins

| image = Chuck Collins.png

| alt =

| caption = Collins pictured in Yackety Yack 1931, North Carolina yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|8|27}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|4|14|1903|8|27}}

| death_place = Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1922–1924

| player_team1 = Notre Dame

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1925

| coach_team1 = Chattanooga (line)

| coach_years2 = 1926–1933

| coach_team2 = North Carolina

| overall_record = 38–31–9

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Charles C. Collins (August 27, 1903 – April 14, 1977) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1926 to 1933, compiling a record of 38–31–9. Collins played college football as an end at the University of Notre Dame from 1922 to 1924. He was a member of the "Seven Mules" line that blocked for the famous "Four Horsemen" backfield on Knute Rockne's national championship team of 1924.

Collins attended St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago and entered Notre Dame in 1921 on a basketball scholarship, but failed to make the freshman team. He died on April 14, 1977, at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.{{cite news |author= |title=Chuck Collins dies; was Notre Dame star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115084162/the-ridgewood-news/ |newspaper=The Ridgewood News |location=Ridgewood, New Jersey |date=April 17, 1977 |page=118 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = North Carolina Tar Heels

| conf = Southern Conference

| startyear = 1926

| endyear = 1933

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1926

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = T–10th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1927

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = 19th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1928

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 5–3–2

| conference = 3–2–2

| confstanding = 9th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 9–1

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 5–3–2

| conference = 4–2–2

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 4–3–3

| conference = 2–3–3

| confstanding = 12th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1932

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 3–5–2

| conference = 2–5–1

| confstanding = 17th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1933

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = North Carolina

| overall = 38–31–9

| confrecord = 25–22–8

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 38–31–9

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

Category:1903 births

Category:1977 deaths

Category:American football ends

Category:Chattanooga Mocs football coaches

Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches

Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players

Category:St. Ignatius College Prep alumni

Category:Players of American football from Oak Park, Illinois

Category:Coaches of American football from Illinois

Category:Players of American football from Chicago