Coleman Collins Explained

Coleman Collins
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:240
Birth Date:22 July 1986
Birth Place:Princeton, New Jersey
Nationality:American
High School:Chamblee (Chamblee, Georgia)
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2007
Career End:2015
Years1:2007–2008
Years2:2008–2009
Years3:2009–2011
Years4:2011–2012
Years5:2012–2013
Years6:2013–2014
Years7:2014
Team7:Manama Club
Years8:2014–2015
Team8:BCM Gravelines
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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.[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]

In 2023, he became an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of California, Irvine.[26]

He speaks several languages, including German,[27] [28] French[29] and Spanish.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Tech Hokies Bio . 2014-08-05 . 2014-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051354/http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/2006/collins.html . dead .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111606/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/14802/ludwigsburg-tabs-rookie-coleman-collins Ludwigsburg tabs rookie Coleman Collins
  3. http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/192144/Suns-Waive-Collins Suns Waive Collins
  4. http://www.nba.com/dleague/fortwayne/training_camp_roster_081111.html Mad Ants Announce 2008 Training Camp Roster
  5. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/77856/ulm-adds-size-with-coleman-collins.html Ulm adds size with Coleman Collins
  6. https://www.eurobasket.com/Adriatic-League/basketball.aspx?NewsID=243350 Siroki TT land Coleman Collins
  7. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/93227/chorale-roanne-announced-coleman-collins.html Chorale Roanne announced Coleman Collins
  8. http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A40617/Collins-Coleman French League profile
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20130624102302/http://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/coleman-collins-devrait-quitter-roanne/2013 Coleman Collins devrait quitter Roanne
  10. News: Azovmash adds Coleman Collins. 14 September 2013. bcazovmash.com. 11 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925162255/http://www.bcazovmash.com.ua/en/news_one/1804/. 2013-09-25. dead.
  11. News: Collins leaves Azovmash. 1 March 2014. Eurobasket.com.
  12. News: Coleman Collins signs in Bahrain with Al Ahli Manama. 3 March 2014. Sportando.net.
  13. https://www.asia-basket.com/Bahrain/basketball.aspx?NewsID=360403 Manama repeat as Zain Basketball League champions
  14. News: Coleman Collins signs a two-year deal with Gravelines-Dunkerque. 22 July 2014. Sportando.com.
  15. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/179361/gravelines-dunkerque-coleman-collins-part-ways.html Gravelines-Dunkerque, Coleman Collins part ways
  16. http://7thavenueproject.com/post/88200831915/coleman-collins-interview Interview with Coleman Collins discussing his life and career on the 7th Avenue Project radio show
  17. Web site: Coleman Collins Artist Profile with Bio. 2021-03-05. www.mutualart.com. en.
  18. https://www.si.com/vault/2006/02/27/8370723/a-season-like-no-other A Season Like No Other
  19. Web site: On Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille by Coleman Collins - BOMB Magazine. 2021-03-05. bombmagazine.org.
  20. Web site: Coleman Collins News, Videos, Photos, and PodCasts - ESPN . 2014-08-05 . 2015-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151224211646/http://search.espn.go.com/coleman-collins/ . dead .
  21. Web site: Coleman Collins . . 2019-12-12 . 2016-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160529223705/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/coleman-collins/ . dead .
  22. Web site: Student's international basketball career inspires life as an artist.
  23. Web site: Cybernetics of the Poor. 2021-03-05. www.e-flux.com. en.
  24. Web site: Cybernetics of the Poor. 2021-03-05. Kunsthalle Wien. en-US.
  25. Web site: Exhibitions. 2021-03-05. Carré d'Art. en.
  26. Web site: Coleman Collins: Artist, Writer, Educator.
  27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsScFC9wepY OrangeZone.TV: Fan-Interview mit Coleman Collins
  28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEEAfnPL1-A OrangeZone.TV wünscht Frohe Weihnachten!
  29. Web site: Basket : Play-offs : Roanne jouera la belle - Radio Scoop, le meilleur des tubes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808112918/https://www.radioscoop.com/match.php?id=79915. 2014-08-08. 2014-08-05.

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