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POSTSEASON HISTORY Coaching Staff 2000-01: Arizona, NCAA Championship Game 2001-02: Arizona, NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2002-03: Arizona, NCAA Elite Eight 2003-04: Arizona, NCAA First Round 2004-05: Arizona, NCAA Elite Eight 2005-06: Arizona, NCAA Second Round 2006-07: Arizona, NCAA First Round 2007-08: Arizona, NCAA First Round • Involved with the Child Advocacy , Wings Cancer • Teams posted double-digit win seasons in Pac-10 2008-09: Memphis, NCAA Sweet Sixteen Foundation Bet Against Breast Cancer and Make-A-Wish Conference play five of the six seasons 2009-10: Memphis, NIT Second Round Foundation • Teams won two Pac-10 Conference regular season titles 2010-11: Memphis, NCAA Second Round • In 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, was a part of the • Teams earned NCAA Tournament bids all six seasons and Players 2011-12: Memphis, NCAA Second Round Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge, a contest that raises advanced to two Sweet Sixteens and two Elite Eights 2012-13: Memphis, NCAA Third Round financial support for coaches-selected charities • Coached four All-Americans (, , 2013-14: Memphis, NCAA Third Round • Served as the 2012 Memphis Maccabi Games opening Andre Iguodala, Salim Stoudamire) ceremonies speaker • Coached 12 All-Pac-10 Conference selections (total of 17 CONFERENCE TITLES • Served as the 2011 Mid-South Susan G. Komen Race for times) and seven Pac-10 All-Freshman Team picks the Cure honorary chairperson • Coached eight players that were NBA Draft picks (Luke 2001-02: Arizona, Pac-10 Conference (tournament) Walton, Andre Iguodala, Salim Stoudamire, Channing 2002-03: Arizona, Pac-10 Conference (regular season) Memphis Assistant Coach (2008-09) Frye, Hassan Adams, Marcus Williams, Jerryd Bayless, 2004-05: Arizona, Pac-10 Conference (regular season) • Joined the Tigers program after six seasons as an assistant ) 2013-14 Review 2008-09: Memphis, C-USA (regular season/tournament) coach at Arizona 2010-11: Memphis, C-USA (tournament) • Overall record: 33-4 (.892 winning percentage); 30-win In The Tucson Community 2011-12: Memphis, C-USA (regular season/tournament) season was program’s fourth straight • Involved in a wealth of charitable organizations, includ- 2012-13: Memphis, C-USA (regular season/tournament) • Helped lead Memphis to a sweep of the Conference USA ing the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson, Boy Scouts of regular season and tournament titles America, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Naval Special • The Tigers posted a perfect 16-0 record in C-USA play for Warfare Foundation, Special Olympics and various local PLAYING HISTORY a third-consecutive year law enforcement support groups 1996-2000: Arizona, Four-year letterwinner • Memphis finished regular season ranked No. 3 in the final • Named to the 2007 Tucson Business Edge’s “40 Under Associated Press Top-25 poll and No. 2 in the ESPN/USA 40,” which recognizes local business leaders under 40 POSTSEASON (PLAYER) Today coaches poll years of age; annual list not only recognizes recipients for 1996-97: Arizona, NCAA Champion • Memphis won a school season record 27-straight games professional success, but community involvement, public • The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet service and participation in trade groups or professional

1997-98: Arizona, NCAA Elite Eight Records Sixteen for a fourth-straight season organizations 1998-99: Arizona, NCAA First Round • Coached the consensus National Freshman of the Year 1999-2000: Arizona, NCAA Second Round () Arizona Staff Member (2000-02) • Coached two 2009 NBA Draft selections (Tyreke Evans, • Served on ’s staff as video coordinator/recruit- CONFERENCE TITLES (PLAYER) Robert Dozier) ing coordinator (2001-02) and undergraduate assistant 1997-98: Arizona, Pac-10 Conference (regular season) (2000-01) 1999-2000: Arizona, Pac-10 Conference (regular season) Arizona Assistant Coach (2002-08) • Overall record: 49-16 (.754 winning percentage); posted • Served as an assistant for six seasons under Hall of Fame back-to-back 20-win seasons head coach Lute Olson (2002-07) and Kevin O’Neill • Pac-10 Conference record: 27-9 (.750 winning • 2012-13 team swept the Conference USA regular season (2007-08) percentage) and tournament titles; posted 16-0 regular-season record • Overall record: 137-60 (.695 winning percentage); aver- • Team won one Pac-10 Conference Tournament title • 2011-12 conference title sweep (regular season and aged nearly 23 wins per season (2002) History tournament) made Memphis the only program from a • Pac-10 Conference record: 73-35 (.676 winning • Team earned consecutive NCAA Tournament berths and top-10 rated conference in the nation to win the regu- percentage) advanced to two Sweet Sixteens, one Elite Eight, one lar-season crown outright and also claim the tournament • Teams had five 20-win seasons, including a 30-win cam- Final Four and one championship game championship paign in 2004-05 • 2000-01 team finished season as NCAA runner-up • Directed the youngest squad in Memphis history (7th youngest in NCAA Division I that year) to the 2011 Conference USA Tournament title, the program’s first Year-By-Year With league tournament championship won outside the Bluff City since 1987 Year School Record Pct. Conf. Record Conf. Finish Postseason 2009-10 Memphis 24-10 .706 13-3 (C-USA) 2nd/12 NIT Second Round In The Memphis/Mid-South Communities 2010-11 Memphis 25-10 .714 10-6 (C-USA) 4th/12 NCAA Second Round • Gives talks to civic clubs, youth organizations and -ele 2011-12 Memphis 26-9 .743 13-3 (C-USA) 1st/12 NCAA Second Round mentary schools throughout the Mid-South region 2012-13 Memphis 31-5 .861 16-0 (C-USA) 1st/12 NCAA Third Round • Has been and continues to be active in his support of

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A t h leti c ( SWA 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 C) • The Golden Eagles also advanced to at least the BIG EAST Assistant Coach ollins at a lance Tournament quarterfinal round all four years C G avid ki ollins • In 2011-12, helped Marquette to a 27-8 overall mark and PERSONAL D “A ” C a 14-4 Big East record Birthdate: August 6 • The 27 victories are tied for the second-most in Golden Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Eagles history (one shy of the school-record 28 wins in High School: La Salle Academy Clark Atlanta University, 1997 1970-71) College: Clark Atlanta University, 1997 (Bachelor’s) Third Season • The 14 Big East wins tied a school record • Marquette recorded its highest-league finish (2nd) since Family: wife, Ina Overall joining the Big East in 2005-06 sons, D.J. and Michael • Enters his 18th season as an assistant coach at the NCAA • The Golden Eagles went undefeated at home in league Division I level in 2014-15 action for the first time in the program’s history COACHING HISTORY • Previously had NCAA Division I stints at Marquette (2008- • Helped Marquette stay in the national polls throughout 1997-98: Colorado, Volunteer Assistant Coach Media 12), Fairfield (2006-08), Marshall (2003-06), Howard the 2011-12 season, climbing as high as No. 8/7 on Feb. 1998-2000: Colorado, Assistant Coach (2000-03) and Colorado (1997-2000) 27, 2012 2000-03: Howard, Assistant Coach • Has been involved in over 250 NCAA Division I victories • The Golden Eagles finished the season ranked No. 11/10 2003-06: Marshall, Assistant Coach • Member of eight postseason squads (six NCAA in the national polls Tournaments, two NIT), including the last six NCAA • Marquette, which played before a national television 2006-08: Fairfield, Assistant Coach Tournaments audience 22 times, finished 2011-12 ranked among the 2008-12: Marquette, Assistant Coach • Has coached five All-Americans, 25 all-conference selec- top-15 national attendance leaders (13th), averaging 2012-present: Memphis, Assistant Coach tions and three conference players of the year 15,138 fans per game at the Bradley Center Coaching Staff • Also coached nine players that were either NBA Draft • Helped the Golden Eagles thrive statistically in 2011-12, POSTSEASON HISTORY picks or played in the NBA as the squad set the school’s single-season assists record 1998-99: Colorado, NIT Second Round (580) 1999-2000: Colorado, NIT First Round Memphis Assistant Coach (2012-present) • The 2011-12 team also posted top-five marks for points • Member of coaching staff as the Tigers program tran- (2,638; 4th), field goals made (919; 5th), free throws 2008-09: Marquette, NCAA Second Round sitioned from Conference USA to the newly-formed made (599; 5th), fewest turnovers per game (13.1; 5th) 2009-10: Marquette, NCAA First Round American Athletic Conference and steals (304; 2nd) 2010-11: Marquette, NCAA Sweet Sixteen • Tigers compiled a 55-15 overall record (.786 winning • During his tenure Marquette teams recorded single-sea- 2011-12: Marquette, NCAA Sweet Sixteen percentage) and a 28-6 conference mark (.824 winning son marks for points (2,782; 2010-11), field goals made 2012-13: Memphis, NCAA Third Round percentage) in his two seasons (973; 2010-11), three-point field goals made (274; 2009- 2013-14: Memphis, NCAA Third Round • Memphis was ranked in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll 10) and fewest turnovers per game (10.4; 2009-10) 26 of 38 weeks during his two seasons, including all 18 • All four of Collins’ teams rank in the top-five for fewest regular-season polls in 2013-14 turnovers per game in Marquette history • Four of his pupils were recent NBA Draft picks, and two • Memphis was ranked in all 18 Associated Press reg- • Had a major role in player development at Marquette, others have played in the NBA Players ular-season polls, the first time that occurred since helping four Golden Eagles earn All-America honors (Jerel • Hayward (2010) and Butler (2011) were taken in the first 2007-08 McNeal, 2008-09; , 2009-10; , rounds of their respective NBA Drafts • Memphis home attendance ranked 11th in the nation in 2011-12; Darius Johnson-Odom, 2011-12) • In the 2012 NBA Draft, Crowder and Johnson-Odom were 2012-13 and 10th in the nation in 2013-14 • The 2011-12 campaign was the first since the 1977-78 second-round picks • Memphis earned back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths campaign that Marquette had two All-America selections • Matthews went undrafted, but was a starter for the 2012 (2013, 2014), advancing to the third round both seasons in the same season • In first year on staff in 2012-13, helped lead the Tigers to • Six players also received All-Big East Conference dis- • McNeal also played in the NBA in the 2010-11 campaign a 31-5 overall record and a 16-0 Conference USA mark tinction in Wesley Matthews, Jimmy Butler, McNeal, 2013-14 Review • The 30-win season was only the sixth in school history, Hayward, Crowder and Johnson-Odom Fairfield Assistant Coach (2006-08) and the 31 wins are tied for the fifth-most in the pro- • Crowder was honored as the 2011-12 Big East Player of • Joined Ed Cooley’s staff to help revitalize the Stags gram’s history the Year program that won only nine games the season prior to • The unblemished 16-0 league record was the Tigers’ fifth • In addition, coached five of the top-11 scorers in his arrival in the program’s history Marquette history in McNeal (1st), Hayward (2nd), • Team improved over his two seasons (2006-07, 2007-08) • Memphis swept the C-USA regular-season and tourna- Dominic James (4th), Matthews (9th) and Johnson-Odom with a combined 27-36 record ment titles for the sixth time since 2005-06 (11th) • Coached four All-Conference USA selections (Joe Jackson, Geron Johnson, D.J. Stephens, Adonis Thomas) and the C-USA Player of the Year (Jackson), C-USA Defensive Player of the Year (Stephens) and C-USA Sixth Man of the Year (Chris Crawford) • Helped lead Memphis to a 24-10 overall record and a 12-6 Records league mark in the Tigers’ first season in the American Athletic Conference in 2013-14 • The 20-win season was the program’s 14th-straight, the sixth-longest streak of its kind at the NCAA Division I level (current) • The double-digit league wins marked the ninth-consec- utive season the Tigers won 10 or more games in con- ference play • Coached two All-American Athletic Conference picks (Jackson, Shaq Goodwin) and The American Sixth Man of the Year (Michael Dixon Jr.) and The American Newcomer History of the Year (Austin Nichols)

Marquette Assistant Coach (2008-12) • During his four seasons in Milwaukee, helped the Golden Eagles compile an impressive 96-45 overall record (.681 winning percentage) and a 46-26 Big East Conference mark • Helped Marquette to post four-straight, 20-win- cam paigns and earn four-consecutive NCAA Tournament berths (2009-12), including back-to-back Sweet Sixteens in 2011 and 2012 • The back-to-back NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen ap- pearances were the program’s first since 1976 and 1977 • Marquette reached the NCAA Tournament second round in 2009 and the “Big Dance’s” opening round in 2010 17

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No. 14 seed Trojans defeated No. 3 (Women’s) the 2012-13 National Player of the Year by CBSSports. seed Irish, becoming the third lower seed to upset a top-4 2000-01: Hamilton High School, Assistant Coach (Girls) com and Basketball Times and also earned the BIG EAST seed since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64-teams 2001-03: Hamilton High School, Head Coach (Girls) Player of the Year honor in 1985 • 1986-87 Trojans team advanced to the NIT semifinal 2003-14: Hamilton High School, Head Coach (Boys) Mississippi State Assistant Coach round at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (1998-2010; 1989-93) • Coached seven All-Trans America Athletic Conference • Tigers won 20 or more games all five seasons, including • Served two different stints as an assistant at Mississippi performers, one TAAC Player of the Year and one TAAC 31 in 2012-13 State Newcomer of the Year • Memphis played in five-straight postseasons (2010 NIT; Coaching Staff • Helped the Bulldogs to an overall record of 317-192 (.623 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 NCAA) winning percentage) in his two tenures Other Coaching Stints • Tigers won two-straight conference regular-season titles • Member of staff that guided Mississippi State to seven • Southeastern Louisiana (1988-89) (2011-12, 2012-13) and three-consecutive conference NCAA Tournaments, 5 NIT, two SEC regular-season cham- • Arkansas College (now Lyon College; 1984-85) tournament crowns (2011, 2012, 2013) pionships, two SEC Tournaments titles and five SEC West • Pan American University (student assistant; 1982-83) Division crowns Hamilton High School Head Coach (2003-14) • In second time with the Bulldogs from 1998-2010, was a Collegiate Playing Career • Coached the Wildcats squad for 11 seasons member of Rick Stansbury’s staff that compiled a 255-140 • Played two seasons at Pan American University (now • Also served as Hamilton High’s athletics director from record (.646 winning percentage) and posted nine 20-win Texas-Pan American; 1980-81, 1981-82) and two seasons 2003-08 seasons at Three Rivers Community College (1978-79, 1979-80) • Guided his 2005-06 squad to a perfect 39-0 record and • The 2001-02 Bulldogs squad won a school-record 27 • Two-year letterwinner for the Pan American Broncs the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association games (27-8 record) and the 2003-04 team won a • Helped lead the 1980-81 Broncs to their first postseason (TSSAA) Class AAA state championship school-record 14 SEC games (14-2 SEC mark) appearance at the NCAA Division I level, earning an NIT • That 2005-06 Hamilton High School team was the last Players • From 1998-2010, Mississippi State played in six NCAA bid from the city of Memphis to post an undefeated record Tournaments and four NIT and won one SEC regular-sea- • Starting forward on that 1980-81 squad • The 2005-06 Wildcats finished the season ranked No. 7 in son championship, two SEC Tournament titles and five • In 1981-82, averaged 12.4 points and 7.0 rebounds as a the USA Today Boys Basketball Super 25 poll SEC West Division crowns senior for the Broncs • The 2005-06 Wildcats also won the District 16 and Region • In his second stint with the Bulldogs, coached five All- • Prior to his time at Pan American, played two seasons at 8 titles en route to the state crown Americans (seven times), 11 All-SEC performers (20 Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Mo. • The 2013-14 Wildcats squad won Region 8 champion- times), one SEC Player of the Year, one SEC Newcomer • As a freshman in 1978-79, helped lead the Raiders to the ships and advanced to the TSSAA Class AAA state tourna- of the Year, one SEC Defensive Player of the Year (three junior college national championship crown ment quarterfinal round 2013-14 Review times), four SEC All-Freshman Team picks and one SEC All- • Three Rivers placed fifth nationally in the 1979-80 season • The 2013-14 team was the District 16 runner-up and fin- Defensive Team selection (three times) • The Raiders won back-to-back Midwest Community ished the season with a 27-7 record • Helped recruit five-straight, top-25 recruiting classes College Athletic Conference titles in 1978-79 and 1979-80 • The 2006-07 Wildcats won the District 16 title from 2004-09 • His 2004-05 and 2007-08 teams were District 16 run- • Had 22 of 25 seniors earn their diplomas Personal ner-up and the 2007-08 team reached the TSSAA Class • In his first stint in Starkville from 1989-93, coached on • Memphis, Tenn., native AAA state tournament Richard Williams staff and helped lead the Bulldogs to a • Graduated from Pan American University in 1983 combined 64-52 record (.552 winning percentage) • Graduated from Whitehaven High School in 1978 Other Coaching Stints • From 1989-93, Mississippi State played in one NCAA • Married to the former Valerie Jackson of Memphis • Memphis Wildcats/Team Penny AAU 13U head coach Tournament and one NIT and won one SEC regular-sea- • Has two daughters, Katrina and Robin (2000-14) son championship, the program’s first in 28 seasons • Hamilton High School varsity girls head coach (2001-03) • Coached two All-Americans, four All-SEC performers • Hamilton High School varsity girls assistant coach (eight times) and one SEC All-Defensive Team selection Assistant Coach (2000-01) Records • Helped recruit Erick Dampier and Darryl Wilson in the • LeMoyne-Owen College women’s basketball assistant 1993 signing class; 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10th in 2013-14) Houston, 2006 strength and conditioning coach and helped the squad to • In the program’s first season in the American Athletic First Season a 54-28 record and the NBA’s Southwest Division title Conference, Tigers posted a 24-10 overall record and a 12-6 league mark Overall Personal • The 2013-14 Tigers earned an NCAA Tournament bid and • In his sixth season at the NCAA Division I level • Arlington, Texas, native advanced to the third round for a second-straight season • Had prior NCAA Division I stints at Bucknell (2006-07), St. • Graduated from the University of Houston in 2006 with a Coaching Staff • The 20-win season in 2013-14 was the program’s 14th- John’s (2007-08) and Houston Baptist (2011-14) bachelor’s degree in exercise science straight, the sixth-longest streak of its kind in NCAA • Also worked with NBA (San Antonio; 2008-09) and inter- • Working toward a master’s degree in sports studies from Division I (current) national basketball organizations (Seoul SK Knights, 2009- the United States Sports Academy • In 2012-13, Tigers went 31-5 overall and 16-0 in 10; Beijing Ducks, 2010-11) • Member of the National Strength and Conditioning Conference USA Association, National Association of Sports Medicine and • Helped the Tigers to a sweep of the Conference USA reg- Responsibilities United States of America Weightlifting ular-season and tournament titles in 2012-13 • Heads the Tigers basketball strength and conditioning • The 30-win season was only the sixth in school history, program Video Coordinator and the 31 wins are tied for the fifth-most in the pro- • Oversees the team’s nutrition program, including sched- gram’s history uling menus for post-practice/pregame/postgame meals • The unblemished 16-0 league record was the Tigers’ • Manages the basketball strength and conditioning budget T y l e r B e n s o n fourth in seven seasons (2007-13) • Memphis’ sweep of the C-USA regular-season and tour- Memphis Strength/Conditioning Coach Players nament titles in 2012-13 was the program’s sixth in eight (2014-present) St. Bonaventure, 2009 seasons (2006-13) • Joins the Tigers staff after an incredible first five seasons First Season • The Tigers earned an NCAA Tournament berth and ad- under head coach Josh Pastner vanced to the “Big Dance’s” third round • Memphis posted a 130-44 overall record (.747 winning Overall percentage) from 2009-14 • In his second season at the NCAA Division I level Prior to Memphis • Tigers won 20 or more games all five seasons, including • Had prior NCAA Division I stint at Ole Miss in 2013-14 • From 2009-12, was a counselor in the West Allis/West 31 in 2012-13 • Also coached at NCAA Division II West Virginia Wesleyan Milwaukee school district, while also serving as an assis- • Memphis played in five-straight postseasons (2010 NIT; 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