![]() ![]() Her sophomore season, Purdue made another deep run with an Elite Eight appearance to go with a 24-8 overall record. In her nine seasons at the collegiate level, Collen coached three All-Americans and saw three players selected in the WNBA Draft.Ĭollen’s collegiate playing career began at Purdue in 1993-94, when the Boilermakers made an NCAA Final Four run with a 29-5 overall record and a 16-2 mark in the Big Ten. Collen helped the FGCU program to a 64-9 record and the school’s first NCAA Tournament win in her two-year tenure. She also discipled under Tracy Roller at Ball State and Karl Smesko at Florida Gulf Coast, who has the third-highest active winning percentage in NCAA Division I. ![]() She spent six of her nine seasons as an assistant under her husband, Tom Collen’s head-coaching tenures at Colorado State, Louisville and Arkansas. ![]() As an assistant, Collen guided four different squads to the NCAA Tournament, reaching the second round in three of those seasons. Her teams’ combined record in nine seasons as an NCAA Division I assistant was 214-74, good for a. She spent two seasons as an assistant at Colorado State from 2000-2002, one season at Ball State from 2002-2003, one at Louisville from 2003-2004, three at Arkansas from 2011-2014 and two at Florida Gulf Coast from 2014-2016. The success of this program speaks for itself, and I will begin working today to ensure Baylor women’s basketball continues to be a program that excels at the highest levels.”Ĭollen’s collegiate coaching career spanned for nine seasons prior to her WNBA arrival. “I am excited to begin working with this extremely talented team and I am grateful for the unwavering support of President Livingstone and Mack Rhoades. ![]() I believe it is the top job in the country for women’s basketball,” said Collen. “I am thrilled to be the head coach at Baylor University. Prior to her arrival in Atlanta, she spent two seasons under head coach Curt Miller of the Connecticut Sun, helping the franchise improve from fifth in the East Division to second from 2016 to 2017, respectively. Her rookie season in Atlanta resulted in a 23-11 season in 2018, where she earned WNBA Coach of the Year honors and helped the franchise to the WNBA Playoff Semifinals. Nicki Collen was introduced as the fifth Head Coach in Baylor women’s basketball history on May 5, 2021.Ĭollen comes to Baylor from the WNBA’s Atlanta franchise, where she spent the last three seasons at the helm for the Dream. With the 2010 season right around the corner, get ready for Drew and the Bears to come out and make a statement this year in college hoops.Tip Off Tour featuring Baylor Head Basketball Coaches Nicki Collen and Scott Drew Dallas/Fort Worth | Austin | Houstonīaylor Alumni present a special in-person tour across Texas featuring the Baylor University Women's Basketball Head Coach Nicki Collen and the Baylor University Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Drew.Īn exciting season is on the horizon, as the Bears went a combined 19-3 at home last season, setting attendance records for both programs!Ībout our Speakers Nicki Collen Baylor Women's Basketball Head Coach It may take some time to see it, but I have no doubt that Coach Drew has the brains, the talent, and the ability to succeed as a college basketball coach in the highly competitive Big 12 Conference. Last season alone, he had three seniors that graduated and were looked at by professional basketball teams, and I truly believe that we may see all three of those Bears in the NBA one day.īaylor is also becoming much more consistent in the Big 12-grabbing highly-touted recruits along the way-and it’s only a matter of time before we see the Bears return to the Big Dance. Since taking over as the Baylor hoops coach, the Bears have done remarkable things-and it almost all has to do with Coach Drew and his wonderful ways of working with college kids. He continues to amaze me with his incredible demeanor and loving attitude towards both his players as well as the green and gold he represents. Walking into the lion’s den, Coach Drew came out victorious. To a certain degree, Coach Drew hasn’t had to face quite that amount of adversity when taking over the Baylor basketball program-mainly due to the fact that Drew was walking into a lose-lose situation with the Bears when he took over at the helm a few years ago. ![]()
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