Greg Collins, the 11th head coach in Lady Topper Basketball history, was introduced to the public by WKU Director of Athletics Todd Stewart on Wednesday afternoon inside the Paul Just Media Center in E.A. Diddle Arena.
Collins, who has served on the Lady Topper Basketball coaching staff for the last six seasons and has 16 seasons of assistant coaching experience at the collegiate level, will take over the reins of the program as a first-year head coach in the 2018-19 season. Over his six seasons on staff, the Lady Toppers have captured 154 victories, four conference tournament championships and two more regular season conference championships.
Prior to his time with WKU, Collins also served as an assistant coach at Louisville (2003-07) and Arkansas (2008-12) and saw success at both stops. During his tenure at Louisville, the Cardinals won more than 70 percent of their games and garnered the program’s first-ever Top-25 ranking while making three consecutive NCAA appearances. At Arkansas, Collins played a key role in the recruitment of C’eira Ricketts, who was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and later earned Associated Press All-America honors before being selected with the 24th pick in the 2012 WNBA Draft.
Collins takes over a Lady Topper program that posted a 24-9 record during the 2017-18 season. WKU won its second consecutive C-USA Tournament championship and third in four seasons as a member of the league. In the team’s fourth NCAA appearance in the last six years, WKU fell to eventual Elite 8 participant Oregon State in the opening round in Knoxville, Tenn.
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