Coleman Collins
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.
Personal information | |
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Born | Princeton, New Jersey | July 22, 1986
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Chamblee (Chamblee, Georgia) |
College | Virginia Tech (2003–2007), University of California, Los Angeles |
NBA draft | 2007: undrafted |
Playing career | 2007–2015 |
Position | Power forward / center |
Career history | |
2007–2008 | EnBW Ludwigsburg |
2008–2009 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2009–2011 | Ratiopharm Ulm |
2011–2012 | HKK Široki |
2012–2013 | Chorale Roanne |
2013–2014 | Azovmash |
2014 | Manama Club |
2014–2015 | BCM Gravelines |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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.[1] 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.[1]
Professional career
Collins went undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. In August 2007, he signed with EnBW Ludwigsburg in Germany.[2] 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.[3] He spent the 2008–09 season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBDL.[4] In July 2009, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm.[5] He stayed with the German team for two seasons, leaving in May 2011.
In September 2011, he signed with HKK Široki in Bosnia.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] In June 2013, he activated a release clause in his contract and left the team, paying the buyout himself.[9]
In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Azovmash of Ukraine.[10] Following the events of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, amid the onset of the War in Donbass, he left Azovmash on March 1, 2014.[11] Three days later, he signed with Manama Club of Bahrain.[12] In May 2014, he won the Bahrani Championship.[13]
On July 22, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with BCM Gravelines of the French LNB Pro A.[14] On October 21, 2015, he parted ways with Gravelines after averaging 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.[15]
Personal life
Collins is also a freelance writer and artist.[16][17] While at Virginia Tech he wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Collegiate Times.[18] His writing has been published in various venues, including BOMB Magazine,[19] ESPN.com,[20] and the Huffington Post.[21] Collins received a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA.[22] In 2021, he showed artworks in museum exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Wien[23][24] and the Carré d'Art, Nîmes.[25]
He speaks several languages, including German,[26][27] French[28] and Spanish.
References
- "Virginia Tech Hokies Bio". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- Ludwigsburg tabs rookie Coleman Collins
- Suns Waive Collins
- Mad Ants Announce 2008 Training Camp Roster
- Ulm adds size with Coleman Collins
- Siroki TT land Coleman Collins
- Chorale Roanne announced Coleman Collins
- French League profile
- Coleman Collins devrait quitter Roanne
- "Azovmash adds Coleman Collins". bcazovmash.com. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- "Collins leaves Azovmash". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- "Coleman Collins signs in Bahrain with Al Ahli Manama". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- Manama repeat as Zain Basketball League champions
- "Coleman Collins signs a two-year deal with Gravelines-Dunkerque". Sportando.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- Gravelines-Dunkerque, Coleman Collins part ways
- Interview with Coleman Collins discussing his life and career on the 7th Avenue Project radio show
- "Coleman Collins | Artist Profile with Bio". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- A Season Like No Other
- "On Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille by Coleman Collins - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Coleman Collins News, Videos, Photos, and PodCasts - ESPN". Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- "Coleman Collins". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- "Student's international basketball career inspires life as an artist".
- "Cybernetics of the Poor". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Cybernetics of the Poor". Kunsthalle Wien. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Exhibitions". Carré d'Art. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- OrangeZone.TV: Fan-Interview mit Coleman Collins
- OrangeZone.TV wünscht Frohe Weihnachten!
- "Basket : Play-offs : Roanne jouera la belle - Radio Scoop, le meilleur des tubes". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-05.