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Krzyzewski Hires Chris Collins As Assistant Basketball Coach
7/22/2000 1:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. (July 22) - Duke Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski announced that
former Blue Devil player Chris Collins will join his staff as an assistant
coach. Collins replaces David Henderson, who was named the head coach at
Delaware on July 21.
"We are absolutely ecstatic about having Chris Collins join our staff," said Krzyzewski, a six-time National Coach of the Year. "He was huge contributor as a player here. His leadership, especially his senior year, helped return our program to national prominence. His enthusiasm for and intelligence of the game will make him a great asset to our program."
Collins has been serving as an assistant coach at Seton Hall the past two years with Tommy Amaker, a Duke standout himself from 1984-87. Last season, Collins was part of a staff that guided the Pirates to a 22-10 record and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Prior to coaching at Seton Hall, Collins spent the 1997-98 season as an assistant with the WNBA's Detroit Shock. Before entering the coaching ranks, Collins played professional basketball in Finland during the 1996-97 season, leading the league in scoring.
As a college player, Collins was a team captain as a senior and letterman at Duke from 1993-96. A starting point guard for two seasons, he was part of four Blue Devil squads that had 83 total victories, three NCAA Tournament appearances, one Final Four showing and a regular season Atlantic Coast Conference title. He still ranks fourth among Duke's all-time leaders in three-point field goals made (209) and attempted (539). Collins averaged 9.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists as a collegian.
The son of former NBA player and coach Doug Collins, the Northbrook, Ill., native joins former Duke standouts Johnny Dawkins (associate head coach) and Steve Wojciechowski (assistant coach) as previous Blue Devil players on Krzyzewski's staff. Collins is a 1996 graduate of Duke with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
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