Coleman Collins

{{Short description|American professional basketball player (born 1986)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Coleman Collins

| image = CollinsColeman.png

| caption = Collins playing in the French Pro A, in 2012.

| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 240

| league =

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|07|22}}

| birth_place = Princeton, New Jersey

| nationality = American

| high_school = Chamblee (Chamblee, Georgia)

| college = Virginia Tech (2003–2007), University of California, Los Angeles

| draft_year = 2007

| career_start = 2007

| career_end = 2015

| years1 = 2007–2008

| team1 = EnBW Ludwigsburg

| years2 = 2008–2009

| team2 = Fort Wayne Mad Ants

| years3 = 2009–2011

| team3 = Ratiopharm Ulm

| years4 = 2011–2012

| team4 = HKK Široki

| years5 = 2012–2013

| team5 = Chorale Roanne

| years6 = 2013–2014

| team6 = Azovmash

| years7 = 2014

| team7 = Manama Club

| years8 = 2014–2015

| team8 = BCM Gravelines

| highlights =

Bosnian League champion (2012)

}}

Coleman Alexander Collins (born July 22, 1986) is a retired American professional basketball player who last played for BCM Gravelines of the LNB Pro A.

Early life

Collins attended Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia, where he played basketball and ran track. He was selected to the all-Atlanta Metro team as a senior, and was MVP of the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game. He also placed 3rd in the state finals in the 400m.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/2006/collins.html |title=Virginia Tech Hokies Bio |access-date=2014-08-05 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051354/http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/2006/collins.html |url-status=dead }} He went on to play college basketball at Virginia Tech, where he scored 1144 points, averaging 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds for his career.

Professional career

Collins went undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. In August 2007, he signed with EnBW Ludwigsburg in Germany.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111606/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/14802/ludwigsburg-tabs-rookie-coleman-collins Ludwigsburg tabs rookie Coleman Collins] In May 2008, he left the team. He went on to sign a contract with the Phoenix Suns. After participating in training camp, he was released before the regular season began.[http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/192144/Suns-Waive-Collins Suns Waive Collins] He spent the 2008–09 season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBDL.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/fortwayne/training_camp_roster_081111.html Mad Ants Announce 2008 Training Camp Roster]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In July 2009, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/77856/ulm-adds-size-with-coleman-collins.html Ulm adds size with Coleman Collins] He stayed with the German team for two seasons, leaving in May 2011.

In September 2011, he signed with HKK Široki in Bosnia.[https://www.eurobasket.com/Adriatic-League/basketball.aspx?NewsID=243350 Siroki TT land Coleman Collins] In the spring of 2012, he won both the Bosnian Cup and the league championship.

In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Chorale Roanne in France.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/93227/chorale-roanne-announced-coleman-collins.html Chorale Roanne announced Coleman Collins] In a breakout year, he averaged 10.6 points and 7 rebounds during the regular season, and increased his production by averaging 18.3 points and 7 rebounds in the playoffs.[http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A40617/Collins-Coleman French League profile] In June 2013, he activated a release clause in his contract and left the team, paying the buyout himself.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130624102302/http://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/coleman-collins-devrait-quitter-roanne/2013 Coleman Collins devrait quitter Roanne]

In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Azovmash of Ukraine.{{cite news|title=Azovmash adds Coleman Collins|url=http://www.bcazovmash.com.ua/en/news_one/1804/|accessdate=14 September 2013|newspaper=bcazovmash.com|date=11 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925162255/http://www.bcazovmash.com.ua/en/news_one/1804/|archive-date=2013-09-25|url-status=dead}} Following the events of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, amid the onset of the War in Donbass, he left Azovmash on March 1, 2014.{{cite news|title=Collins leaves Azovmash|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Ukraine/news/354000|accessdate=1 March 2014|newspaper=Eurobasket.com}} Three days later, he signed with Manama Club of Bahrain.{{cite news|title=Coleman Collins signs in Bahrain with Al Ahli Manama|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/world/asia/112642/coleman-collins-signs-in-bahrain-with-al-ahli-manama.html|accessdate=3 March 2014|newspaper=Sportando.net}} In May 2014, he won the Bahrani Championship.[https://www.asia-basket.com/Bahrain/basketball.aspx?NewsID=360403 Manama repeat as Zain Basketball League champions]

On July 22, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with BCM Gravelines of the French LNB Pro A.{{cite news|title=Coleman Collins signs a two-year deal with Gravelines-Dunkerque|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/128505/coleman-collins-signs-a-two-year-deal-with-gravelines-dunkerque.html|accessdate=22 July 2014|work=Sportando.com}} On October 21, 2015, he parted ways with Gravelines after averaging 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/179361/gravelines-dunkerque-coleman-collins-part-ways.html Gravelines-Dunkerque, Coleman Collins part ways]

Personal life

Collins is also a freelance writer and artist.[http://7thavenueproject.com/post/88200831915/coleman-collins-interview Interview with Coleman Collins discussing his life and career on the 7th Avenue Project radio show]{{Cite web|title=Coleman Collins {{!}} Artist Profile with Bio|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Coleman-Collins/C12FDF63E655536A|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.mutualart.com|language=en}} While at Virginia Tech he wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Collegiate Times.[https://www.si.com/vault/2006/02/27/8370723/a-season-like-no-other A Season Like No Other] His writing has been published in various venues, including BOMB Magazine,{{Cite web|title=On Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille by Coleman Collins - BOMB Magazine|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/romance-in-marseille/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=bombmagazine.org}} ESPN.com,{{Cite web |url=http://search.espn.go.com/coleman-collins/ |title=Coleman Collins News, Videos, Photos, and PodCasts - ESPN |access-date=2014-08-05 |archive-date=2015-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224211646/http://search.espn.go.com/coleman-collins/ |url-status=dead }} and the Huffington Post.{{Cite web |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/coleman-collins |title=Coleman Collins |website=HuffPost |access-date=2019-12-12 |archive-date=2016-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529223705/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/coleman-collins/ |url-status=dead }} Collins received a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA.{{Cite web|url=https://dailybruin.com/2018/01/18/students-international-basketball-career-inspires-life-as-an-artist/|title=Student's international basketball career inspires life as an artist}} In 2021, he showed artworks in museum exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Wien{{Cite web|title=Cybernetics of the Poor|url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/307945/cybernetics-of-the-poor/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.e-flux.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Cybernetics of the Poor|url=https://kunsthallewien.at/en/exhibition/cybernetics-of-the-poor/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Kunsthalle Wien|language=en-US}} and the Carré d'Art, Nîmes.{{Cite web|title=Exhibitions|url=https://www.carreartmusee.com/en/exhibitions/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Carré d'Art|language=en}}

In 2023, he became an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of California, Irvine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arts.uci.edu/in-the-news/new-faculty-coleman-collins|title=Coleman Collins: Artist, Writer, Educator|date=8 December 2023 }} In 2024, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.{{Cite news |date=2025-04-15 |title=Coleman Collins and Simon Huttegger are named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows |url=https://news.uci.edu/2025/04/15/coleman-collins-and-simon-huttegger-are-named-2025-guggenheim-fellows/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=UC Irvine News}}

He speaks several languages, including German,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsScFC9wepY OrangeZone.TV: Fan-Interview mit Coleman Collins][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEEAfnPL1-A OrangeZone.TV wünscht Frohe Weihnachten!] French{{Cite web|title=Basket : Play-offs : Roanne jouera la belle - Radio Scoop, le meilleur des tubes|url=https://www.radioscoop.com/match.php?id=79915|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808112918/https://www.radioscoop.com/match.php?id=79915|archive-date=2014-08-08|access-date=2014-08-05}} and Spanish.

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Coleman_Collins/39074 Eurobasket.com profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150203012301/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6040617/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsUkZ17rMOU Collins' 2012-2013 Highlights]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdToIoZPdY4 Collins' 2013-2014 Highlights]

Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Category:American expatriate basketball people in France

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Basketball players from Mercer County, New Jersey

Category:BC Azovmash players

Category:BCM Gravelines players

Category:Centers (basketball)