Thomas Hansen Collins (born 25 June 1946)[2] is a former admiral of the United States Coast Guard who served as the 22nd commandant from May 2002 to May 2006.

A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Collins graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1968 and later served as a faculty member within the Humanities Department.

Collins started his U.S. Coast Guard career as a deck watch officer and first lieutenant aboard the cutter Vigilant.

Following that assignment, he served a two-year tour as commanding officer of the cutter USCGC Cape Morgan, a patrol boat homeported in Charleston, South Carolina.

[5] Collins has served as a director on the boards of numerous companies such as EID Passport Inc., USIS Inc., and Terma North America, and the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation.