Central Michigan University Athletics
Soccer
Ian Collins
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- colli1i@cmich.edu
- Phone:
- (989) 774-1985
Ian Collins was named to an assistant coaching post by Central Michigan soccer coach Jeremy Groves in June 2019.
Collins' resumé includes 19 years as the head men's coach at Kentucky, where he led the Wildcats to seven conference championships, five NCAA Tournament berths, and one Sweet Sixteen appearance. He guided Kentucky to seven Mid-American Conference titles – four regular season, three tournament – when the Wildcats were members of the league.
He was named a conference coach of the year four times, earned a regional coach of the year award, and was a national coach of the year award nominee. Collins took over the Kentucky program in just its third year of existence and built it into a perennial top-25 program. More than 30 of his former players went on to play professional soccer.
Collins was, at the time, the youngest (22 years old) head coach in NCAA Division I men's soccer history when he took over at Hofstra in 1985. He also served as an assistant at St. John's before taking over at Kentucky.
His resumé includes a stints with FC Pride Soccer Club in Indianapolis, as the director of elite programs; with the Las Vegas Sports Authority, as the director of elite player pathway for females; and the Olympic Development Program. He is certified by US Soccer and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Groves played for, then coached with, Collins at Kentucky.
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Collins' resumé includes 19 years as the head men's coach at Kentucky, where he led the Wildcats to seven conference championships, five NCAA Tournament berths, and one Sweet Sixteen appearance. He guided Kentucky to seven Mid-American Conference titles – four regular season, three tournament – when the Wildcats were members of the league.
He was named a conference coach of the year four times, earned a regional coach of the year award, and was a national coach of the year award nominee. Collins took over the Kentucky program in just its third year of existence and built it into a perennial top-25 program. More than 30 of his former players went on to play professional soccer.
Collins was, at the time, the youngest (22 years old) head coach in NCAA Division I men's soccer history when he took over at Hofstra in 1985. He also served as an assistant at St. John's before taking over at Kentucky.
His resumé includes a stints with FC Pride Soccer Club in Indianapolis, as the director of elite programs; with the Las Vegas Sports Authority, as the director of elite player pathway for females; and the Olympic Development Program. He is certified by US Soccer and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Groves played for, then coached with, Collins at Kentucky.
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