Collins would be the man for TECH!!!! Jb3 is too stupid and scared to hire him... What a shame...
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Exiting LSU, Collins goes job hunting
Ex-ULM coach eyeing defensive positions
By Paul J. Letlow
pletlow@thenewsstar.com
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Mike Collins doesn't regret his off-season switch from Middle Tennessee State to LSU before last season.
But when Nick Saban left LSU for the NFL's Miami Dolphins, Collins found himself looking for a job.
"I learned a tremendous amount of football and it was exciting," the former Louisiana-Monroe coach said in a phone interview from Baton Rouge. "What better place is there in the whole country than being here? I personally can't think of anything better."
Collins spent the 2003 national championship season at LSU as a strength and conditioning intern.
Middle Tennessee hired Collins as defensive coordinator in January 2004 but he left a month later to return to LSU as linebackers coach. That prestigious gig ended when Saban left for Miami.
Collins understood the move by Saban.
"It was one of those deals where he got the opportunity to be involved with one of the premier pro sports organizations of all time," Collins said.
New LSU coach Les Miles didn't retain Collins in assembling his staff.
"I did have a chance to visit with him, but he's doing what he feels is best for his program," Collins said. "With what he wants to accomplish, he felt like he wanted to move in another direction."
So too, will Collins. He has investigated the chance to become a defensive coordinator at three different Division I-A schools and had two job offers along those lines.
"There are a couple of opportunities out there," Collins said.
Collins has talked to friends at the NFL level about jobs. There could be a chance to reunite with Saban in some capacity.
"The thing is, I want to make sure we make a good decision," said Collins, whose youngest son Matt will graduate from a Baton Rouge high school this spring. "I've never been a bounce-around guy. The last couple of moves, I've been kind of bouncing. Other than that, everywhere I've been it's been five, six or seven years at a time. I'd like to get somewhere and be happy being there."
Before his internship with LSU, Collins coached at ULM for five years, first as a linebacker coach in 1998 for Ed Zaunbrecher and then as the defensive coordinator for three years under Bobby Keasler. He took over as interim head coach at ULM three games into the 2002 season before being named the team's permanent head coach in November of that year.
Collins resigned from his position as head coach at ULM in the spring of 2003 amid drunken driving charges — for which he was later cleared — before he joined the Tigers during that summer.
The Ruston native got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at ULM in the mid-1980s. From there, he served as an assistant coach at Ouachita Parish High School before joining the staff at McNeese State as linebacker coach in 1991.
He coached at McNeese State for seven years, helping the Cowboys to three Southland Conference titles as well as an appearance in the I-AA national championship game.
Originally published January 18, 2005
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Re: HIRE HIM DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by DeepGreen
