Jimmy Collins (basketball)

James Earl Collins (November 24, 1946 – December 13, 2020) was an American basketball player and coach. He was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. He played for the Chicago Bulls from 1970 to 1972.

Collins was the head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1996 to 2010. He helped push the team to the NCAA Tournament in 1998, 2002 and 2004, and an NIT showing in 2003.^[1]

Collins died on December 13, 2020 from heart surgery-related problems in Chicago at the age of 74.^[2]

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[1] Jimmy Collins accepts head coaching job at University of illinois-Chicago Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, April 15, 1996

[2] Jimmy Collins, the longtime Illinois assistant who later coached Illinois-Chicago to 3 NCAA Tournaments in 14 seasons, dies at 74

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