Anderson Names Collins Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach

The Anderson University athletic department and Athletic Director Marcie Taylor have named Carter Collins the interim head men's basketball coach on Monday. Collins will serve in the interim head men's basketball coach role for the full 2022-23 season.

"Coach Collins's preparation within the AU men's basketball program as an assistant for the past five seasons, his familiarity with the current men's basketball student-athletes and the recruitment and educational processes at AU make him the perfect leader for this time of transition," Marcie Taylor said. "Coach Collins's leadership will continue the competitive tradition built under Coach Handy's guidance."

Collins has served as an Anderson men's basketball assistant coach for the last five years. During that time, the Ravens went 64-56 and made the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Tournament in each of the five seasons.

Collins also took the reins Anderson head men's golf coach during the 2021-22 season. His first recruiting class consisted of eight newcomers, bringing the program's roster to its largest size in more than a decade.

"I could not be more excited to take the reins of the Men's Basketball program here at AU," Carter Collins said. "After having spent five years as an assistant coach in the program, I have seen first-hand the quality young men that have passed through the program and left with degrees, and I believe that I have a locker room full of men currently on our roster that will be added to that list in the coming years. I am looking forward to continuing our effort to consistently compete for conference championships, and I can't wait to get started."

Collins spent the three years prior to AU as a student assistant coach at Hope, 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 also competed in golf during his prep career at Fowlerville.

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.

Anderson University is on a mission to educate students for lives of faith and service, offering more than 60 undergraduate majors, 30 three-year degrees, 20 NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports, alongside adult and graduate programs. The private, liberal arts institution is fully accredited and recognized among top colleges for its business, computer science, cybersecurity, dance, engineering, nursing, and teacher education programs. Anderson University was established in 1917 in Anderson, Indiana, by the Church of God.