Jim Collins

Bio

Jim Collins brings more than 35 years of collegiate coaching experience to CCDS. During his career, he has been named coach of the year five times and has led his teams to six NCAA playoff appearances, three conference championships, and five national rankings. Collins began his head coaching career at the University of Dubuque, where he increased the roster size by 50 percent. He then moved to Capital University, transforming a last-place program into a nationally ranked Top 15 team. Collins went on to coach at Saginaw Valley State University, where he led the program to three straight Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athlete Conference North Division championships and earned two national rankings. From 2019-2020, Collins served as the director of player personnel for the prestigious Army West Point football team. He then worked as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Dayton from 2020-2021 before returning to his alma mater, Wittenberg University, as head coach for five years. Collins inherits a very successful CCDS program that is coming off its fifth straight Miami Valley Conference Gray Division Championship and fifth straight playoff appearance. Under the leadership of Dennis Coyle (2019-2025), the Nighthawks posted a 51-23 record, averaging 38 points per game over the last five seasons while recording just 10 losses.