Greg Collins

Biography

For media inquiries, please contact Lillie-Anne Mulligan at jordan.mulligan@wku.edu. Following six seasons on the WKU coaching staff, Greg Collins was named the 11th head coach in Lady Topper Basketball history on March 27, 2018, and is entering his eighth season as the head coach in 2025-26. In seven seasons on The Hill, Collins has amassed 124 wins and has a 72.6 percent winning percentage in Diddle Arena. Collins has also coached players to 10 All-Conference USA honors, six being first teamers, and 23 overall conference postseason awards, including two Freshmen of the Year, five All-Freshmen Team and six All-Defensive Team honors. Players have also earned weekly award 27 times under Collins as head coach. In his 13 seasons on The Hill, as assistant coach, associate head coach and now head coach, 3-point shooting has been a focus for Collins. In WKU’s record book, the top seven seasons in total 3-point field goals made have come during Collins’ time (2022-23, 2024-25, 2016-17, 2021-22, 2023-24, 2018-19 and 2014-15). Collins also developed one of WKU’s all-time greats in 3-point shooting, Dee Givens. Givens finished her Lady Topper career with the third most threes made (224) by a WKU player. Collins also developed Alexis Mead who finished her career with the ninth most made 3-point field goals at WKU. The Lady Toppers got off to one of the best starts in program history, going 7-0 to begin 2024-25. It is tied as the second best start in WKU history and WKU was one of 15 pro