Football
Collins, Isaac
Isaac Collins
- Title:
- Defensive Coordinator
- Email:
- iac003@bucknell.edu
- Phone:
- 570-577-3077
RECRUITING AREAS: Central Pennsylvania, Northern and Central Florida, Oregon, Washington
Isaac Collins was named the Bucknell football team's defensive backs and special teams coach on February 18, 2019. He took on the position of defensive coordinator in advance of the 2021 spring season.
Collins spent the previous nine seasons as a head football coach, first at Widener University and then at Seton Hill University. From 2010 to 2012, Collins led Widener to national prominence, posting a combined record of 25-8. In 2012, the Pride went 11-1, captured a Mid-American Conference title and reached the NCAA Division III quarterfinals for the first time since 2001. For his role in Widener's success, Collins was recognized as the MAC Coach of the Year, the D3Football.com East Region Coach of the Year and the Maxwell Touchdown Club's Tri State Coach of the Year. The year before, bolstered by an explosive offense that averaged a nation's best 47.1 points per game, the Pride rolled to a 9-2 record, capped by a 48-27 victory over Waynesburg in the ECAC South Atlantic Bowl.
Under Collins's watch, Widener rose to as high as No. 8 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 10 in the D3Football.com rankings. Eight members of the Pride captured First Team All-MAC honors, with two being named Second Team All-Americans by Beyond Sports College Network. In addition, quarterback Chris Haupt was voted as the 2012 MAC Offensive Player of the Year and ECAC South Offensive Player of the Year.
Collins spent six seasons at the helm of Seton Hill's program, helping the Griffins post their best overall record since 2008 in 2016. That season, Seton Hill paced the Division II ranks in passing offense and finished sixth in total offense. The year before, the Griffins stunned then No. 14 Slippery Rock, 41-38, in Greensburg; the Rock, the highest ranked opponent Seton Hill ever knocked off, finished that season with a 12-2 record and reached the NCAA quarterfinals. Â
From 2006 to 2009, Collins served as defensive coordinator at The Citadel. In 2007, his defense led the Southern Conference in total defense, helping the Bulldogs finish with their best record in 15 years. During his time in Charleston, which overlapped with Dave Cecchini's three-year stint as Citadel's offensive coordinator, Collins mentored nine all-conference honorees.
Collins was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Delaware (2005), associate head coach and defensive coordinator at the College of the Holy Cross (2004), assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Lehigh University (2000 to 2003) and assistant coach at Columbia University (1998 to 2000). Collins broke into the coaching ranks at Hobart College, where he was an assistant coach from 1994 to 1998; there, he was elevated to defensive coordinator for his final season.
Collins participated in the National Football League Minority Fellowship Program as an assistant secondary coach with the New York Giants (1999) and Philadelphia Eagles (2001). Through the program, he helped install defensive systems, develop and implement practice plans for the defensive secondary and run special teams drills in practice.
During his collegiate playing days, Collins was a standout running back for the University of Rochester. A four-year letterwinner and 1993 team captain, he rushed for at least 100 yards 14 times over the course of his career. In 1992, he helped Rochester win a University Athletic Association championship; for his efforts, he was honored as the league's Co-Offensive Player of the Year. He graduated from Rochester with a degree in political science in 1994.
A 1990 alumnus of Geneva High School, Collins also had an impressive high school career. In 2012, he was inducted into both the University of Rochester Hall of Fame and Geneva Sports Hall of Fame.
Collins and his wife, Ada, have four children: Kayla, Jaylen, Alina and Jacob.
Isaac Collins was named the Bucknell football team's defensive backs and special teams coach on February 18, 2019. He took on the position of defensive coordinator in advance of the 2021 spring season.
Collins spent the previous nine seasons as a head football coach, first at Widener University and then at Seton Hill University. From 2010 to 2012, Collins led Widener to national prominence, posting a combined record of 25-8. In 2012, the Pride went 11-1, captured a Mid-American Conference title and reached the NCAA Division III quarterfinals for the first time since 2001. For his role in Widener's success, Collins was recognized as the MAC Coach of the Year, the D3Football.com East Region Coach of the Year and the Maxwell Touchdown Club's Tri State Coach of the Year. The year before, bolstered by an explosive offense that averaged a nation's best 47.1 points per game, the Pride rolled to a 9-2 record, capped by a 48-27 victory over Waynesburg in the ECAC South Atlantic Bowl.
Under Collins's watch, Widener rose to as high as No. 8 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 10 in the D3Football.com rankings. Eight members of the Pride captured First Team All-MAC honors, with two being named Second Team All-Americans by Beyond Sports College Network. In addition, quarterback Chris Haupt was voted as the 2012 MAC Offensive Player of the Year and ECAC South Offensive Player of the Year.
Collins spent six seasons at the helm of Seton Hill's program, helping the Griffins post their best overall record since 2008 in 2016. That season, Seton Hill paced the Division II ranks in passing offense and finished sixth in total offense. The year before, the Griffins stunned then No. 14 Slippery Rock, 41-38, in Greensburg; the Rock, the highest ranked opponent Seton Hill ever knocked off, finished that season with a 12-2 record and reached the NCAA quarterfinals. Â
From 2006 to 2009, Collins served as defensive coordinator at The Citadel. In 2007, his defense led the Southern Conference in total defense, helping the Bulldogs finish with their best record in 15 years. During his time in Charleston, which overlapped with Dave Cecchini's three-year stint as Citadel's offensive coordinator, Collins mentored nine all-conference honorees.
Collins was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Delaware (2005), associate head coach and defensive coordinator at the College of the Holy Cross (2004), assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Lehigh University (2000 to 2003) and assistant coach at Columbia University (1998 to 2000). Collins broke into the coaching ranks at Hobart College, where he was an assistant coach from 1994 to 1998; there, he was elevated to defensive coordinator for his final season.
Collins participated in the National Football League Minority Fellowship Program as an assistant secondary coach with the New York Giants (1999) and Philadelphia Eagles (2001). Through the program, he helped install defensive systems, develop and implement practice plans for the defensive secondary and run special teams drills in practice.
During his collegiate playing days, Collins was a standout running back for the University of Rochester. A four-year letterwinner and 1993 team captain, he rushed for at least 100 yards 14 times over the course of his career. In 1992, he helped Rochester win a University Athletic Association championship; for his efforts, he was honored as the league's Co-Offensive Player of the Year. He graduated from Rochester with a degree in political science in 1994.
A 1990 alumnus of Geneva High School, Collins also had an impressive high school career. In 2012, he was inducted into both the University of Rochester Hall of Fame and Geneva Sports Hall of Fame.
Collins and his wife, Ada, have four children: Kayla, Jaylen, Alina and Jacob.
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