Collins joined the Badgers' staff in January 2023 as the Director of Strength and Conditioning. He arrived in Madison after seven seasons at Cincinnati, and a handful of stops around college athletics.
With the Bearcats, Collins revolutionized the program’s comprehensive sports performance efforts, playing an instrumental role in Cincinnati’s back-to-back AAC championship squads in 2020 and 2021 and its nine NFL Draft picks in 2022.
Collins’ creation, “squat fest”, was popularized at Cincinnati and garnered national attention as a grueling workout at the end of the spring season. The special event featured a professional DJ and light show along with appearances from former players.
He is Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC), is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and a Certified Sport Performance Coach with United States of America Weightlifting (USAW).
Before Cincinnati, Collins spent two seasons at Ohio State as a strength and conditioning coach with the football program. The stint was his second with the Buckeyes; He served as an intern in Columbus for five Olympic sports in 2009. In between, he’s made stops at Kentucky, Mississippi State and in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Collins grew up in Galena, Ohio, and is a graduate of Olentangy HS. He has degrees in health promotion and sports sciences from Otterbein and he has a master’s in kinesiology from Kentucky. Collins and his wife, Allie, are the parents of a daughter, Kaylee and a son, Crew
