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- Title:
- Head Men's Basketball Coach
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- Phone:
- 765-641-4465
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- Email:
- cmcollins@anderson.edu
Bio
Carter Collins enters 2023-24 in his second year as the Anderson University head men’s basketball coach. In his first season, 2022-23, Collins led the Ravens to one of the best seasons in program history. The Ravens captured the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Tournament title. Anderson also earned a share of the HCAC regular-season crown, finishing 14-4 in regular-season conference play. The Ravens advanced to the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to nationally No. 3 ranked University of Mount Union (and eventual national runner-up) on their home court in a game that went down to the wire. Tate Ivanyo was honored as the HCAC Player of the Year, the first sophomore to earn such recognition in the conference in more than 20 years, and Camden Smith and Bryson Huckeby also earned all-conference recognition.
Prior to being named head coach, Collins spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Ravens. During Collins's time as assistant, the Ravens went 64-56 and made the HCAC Tournament in each of the five seasons.
Collins also spent the 2021-22 season as the Anderson head men's golf coach. Collins's first recruiting class as golf coach consisted of eight newcomers, bringing the program's roster to its largest size in more than a decade.
In the three years prior to AU, Collins served as a student-assistant coach at Hope College, assisting with both the varsity and junior varsity teams. During his four years at Hope, the Dutchmen won three conference championships, and participated in the NCAA Tournament in those three seasons, including a run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2017.
Prior to coaching, Collins spent his freshman year at Hope playing on the junior varsity team, continuing a playing career that began in Fowlerville High School in Fowlerville, Mich., where he was an all-conference and all-county selection and two-time captain for the Gladiators.
Collins earned a Master's of Business Administration degree at Anderson. He received a bachelor's degree with a double major in Psychology and Communication at Hope College.
