Bryan Collins

Bryan Collins (July 30, 1964 – July 8, 2023) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach of the Long Island University (LIU) from 1998 to 2021. He became the head coach of the LIU Post Pioneers, which represented the university's Post campus, in 1998. While LIU then operated two athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and LIU Post Pioneers—only the Post campus had a football team, a situation which continued throughout Collins' career at LIU Post. After the 2018 season, LIU merged its two athletic programs into the current LIU Sharks, with Collins remaining as head coach of the LIU Sharks football team. Collins stepped down from his role at LIU in 2021 and became an assistant football coach at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York.

Bryan Collins
Biographical details
BornJuly 30, 1964
Died (aged 58)
Playing career
c. 1985St. John's
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
c. 1990St. Francis Prep (NY)
1991–1993C. W. Post (assistant)
1994–1995Merchant Marine (DC/LB)
1996–1997C. W. Post / LIU Post (DC/LB)
1998–2018C. W. Post / LIU Post
2019–2021LIU
2021–2022Stony Brook (DL)
2023Stony Brook (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall162–84
Tournaments3–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
8 NE-10 (2001–2002, 2004–2006, 2014, 2016, 2018)
2 EFC Atlantic Division (1999–2000)
1 PSAC Eastern Division (2011)

Collins graduated from St. John's University in Queens in 1987. He began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, Queens.[1]

Collins died on July 8, 2023, at the age of 58.[2][3]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
C. W. Post Pioneers (Eastern Football Conference) (1998–2000)
1998 C. W. Post 7–36–2T–2nd (Atlantic)
1999 C. W. Post 9–27–11st (Atlantic)
2000 C. W. Post 8–27–11st (Atlantic)
C. W. Post Pioneers (Northeast-10 Conference) (2001–2007)
2001 C. W. Post 11–19–11st
2002 C. W. Post 11–110–01stL NCAA Division II First Round
2003 C. W. Post 9–28–12nd
2004 C. W. Post 8–38–1T–1stL NCAA Division II First Round
2005 C. W. Post 10–38–11stL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2006 C. W. Post 7–37–2T–1st
2007 C. W. Post 4–64–5T–6th
C. W. Post / LIU Pioneers (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (2008–2012)
2008 C. W. Post 3–82–56th (Eastern)
2009 C. W. Post 6–55–2T–2nd (Eastern)
2010 C. W. Post 7–45–23rd (Eastern)
2011 C. W. Post 7–46–1T–1st (Eastern)
2012 LIU Post 3–72–55th (Eastern)
LIU Post Pioneers (Northeast-10 Conference) (2013–2018)
2013 LIU Post 5–63–6T–7th
2014 LIU Post 8–47–22ndL NCAA Division II First Round
2015 LIU Post 7–45–4T–4th
2016 LIU Post 12–19–01stL NCAA Division II Second Round
2017 LIU Post 8–27–22nd
2018 LIU Post 10–19–01stL NCAA Division II First Round
C. W. Post: 160–72134–44
LIU Sharks (Northeast Conference) (2019–2021)
2019 LIU 0–100–78th
2020–21 LIU 2–22–2T–3rd
LIU: 2–122–9
Total:162–84
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Collins' Agenda: I-AA, Local Foes". Newsday. Melville, New York. September 15, 1998. p. A55. Retrieved July 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. "Bryan Collins, Stony Brook defensive coordinator and former LIU Post coach, dies at 58". Newsday. Melville, New York. September 15, 1998. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. "Stony Brook Athletics Mourns the Loss of Bryan Collins". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
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