[1] Collins served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2012 through 2015 and Special Teams Cooedinator at Penn State University.
While here, Collins helped develop future National Football League (NFL) punter Michael Koenen.
[3] Following his success at South Dakota Mines, Collins Joined Matt Wells’ Staff at Utah State as the special teams coordinator for the 2016 season.
[3] Following Wells’ departure for Texas Tech prior to the 2019, Collins was retained by returning head coach Gary Andersen.
He moved to the offensive side of the ball coaching the running backs, as well as taking over the special teams duties again.
[5] In January 2021, Collins was hired by Andy Avalos at Boise State to coordinate the special teams and coach the "edge" outside linebacker position on defense.