Deitre Collins

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Deitre Collins
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1962-03-03) March 3, 1962 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Sport
SportVolleyball

Deitre Collins (born March 3, 1962) is an American

Hawai'i, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate volleyball player in both 1983 and 1984.[2][3][4]

Collins played professionally in Italy and France, winning two French League titles.[5] After retiring as a player in 1992, she began her coaching career.[6] She was hired as an assistant at Houston under Bill Walton in 1993, and subsequently served the same role at Northern Arizona and South Alabama.[6] Collins accepted her first head coaching position at UNLV in 1996, where she spent eight seasons.[6] She had further head coaching stints at Cornell and San Diego State before joining the Coastal Carolina staff as an associate head coach in 2021.[7] Collins joined the Arizona staff as an assistant coach for the 2023 season.[8] In December 2023, it was announced that she was hired as an assistant coach for the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation ahead of its inaugural 2024 season.[9]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deitre Collins Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker - Women's Volleyball Coach". SDSU Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-0-8248-2121-0
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  5. ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker". San Diego State Aztecs. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Tominaga, Lance (January 23, 2023). "Extraordinary: The Story of Deitre Collins-Parker". Hawaii Rainbow Wahine. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker". Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  9. ^ Finley, Ryan (December 12, 2023). "Mojo acquire 6 in draft, trade, add former Aztecs coach to staff for inaugural season". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

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