Geoff Collins
Assistant Coach at South Carolina since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 33
- First season
- 1993
- Teams
- 14
Career
20 stints
1990s
- 1993–1994Western CarolinaAssistant Coach
- 1995Franklin HS (NC)Assistant Coach
- 1996FordhamLinebackers
- 1997–1998Albrightdc
- 1999–2001Georgia TechTight Ends
2000s
- 2002–2005Western Carolinadc
- 2006Georgia TechRecruiting Coordinator
- 2007AlabamaDirector of Player Personnel
- 2008–2009UCFLinebackersRecruiting Coordinator
2010s
- 2010FIU PanthersDefensive Coordinator
- 2010Florida InternationalDefensive Coordinator
- 2011Mississippi StateDefensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2012Mississippi StateCo-Defensive Coordinator
- 2013Mississippi StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2014Mississippi StatedcLinebackers
- 2015–2016FloridaDefensive Coordinator
- 2017–2018TempleHead Coach
- 2019–2022Georgia TechHead CoachInterim
2020s
- 2024North CarolinaDefensive Coordinator
- 2025–presentSouth CarolinaAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
15 mentors, 35 protégés, 3 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
57
- 2025–2026Shane BeamerCoached under · South Carolina
- 2024Freddie KitchensCoached under · North Carolina
- 2024Mack BrownCoached under · North Carolina
- 2022Chip LongMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022Chris WeinkeMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022David TurnerMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022Del AlexanderMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022Jason SemoreMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022Jim ChaneyMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022Mike DanielsMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2022Travares TillmanMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2020–2021Chris WiesehanMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2020–2021Kerry DixonMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2020–2022Larry KnightMentored · Georgia Tech
- 2019–2022Andrew ThackerMentored · Georgia Tech
42 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
23
- 2025Stephen BelichickSucceeded by · North Carolina
- 2024Gene ChizikSucceeded · North Carolina
- 2022Brent KeySucceeded by · Georgia Tech
- 2019Paul JohnsonSucceeded · Georgia Tech
- 2019Rod CareySucceeded by · Temple
- 2018Ed FoleySucceeded by · Temple
- 2017Ed FoleySucceeded · Temple
- 2017Matt RhuleSucceeded · Temple
- 2017Randy ShannonSucceeded by · Florida
- 2015D.J. DurkinSucceeded · Florida
- 2012Chris WilsonSucceeded by · Mississippi State
- 2012Chris WilsonSucceeded · Mississippi State
- 2011Manny DiazSucceeded · Mississippi State
- 2011Todd OrlandoSucceeded by · Florida International
- 2011Todd OrlandoSucceeded by · FIU Panthers
8 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
33 seasons
- Georgia TechHead coach · 2019–20224
- Mississippi StateCoordinator · 2011–20144
- Western CarolinaCoordinator · 2002–20054
- Georgia TechPosition coach · 1999–20013
- South CarolinaPosition coach · 2025–2026 · current2
- TempleHead coach · 2017–20182
- FloridaCoordinator · 2015–20162
- UCFPosition coach · 2008–20092
- AlbrightCoordinator · 1997–19982
- Western CarolinaPosition coach · 1993–19942
- North CarolinaCoordinator · 20241
- FIU PanthersCoordinator · 20101
- Florida InternationalCoordinator · 20101
- AlabamaOperations · 20071
- Georgia TechOperations · 20061
- FordhamPosition coach · 19961
- Franklin HS (NC)Position coach · 19951
Pipeline
2 of 10 coordinators
- 0 seasonsBrent Keyunder at Georgia Tech 2019 · head coach at Georgia Tech2022
- 0 seasonsEd Foleyunder at Temple 2017 · head coach at Temple2018
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Geoff Collins. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.