Thomas Duane Collen was born on December 21,1953 and is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the women's basketball head coach at the University of Arkansas.
12 Facts About Tom Collen
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Tom Collen was born December 21,1953 in Lancaster, Ohio, and received his bachelor's degree in physical education from Bowling Green State University in 1977.
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Tom Collen earned a master's degree in health education from Miami University in 1982, and another in 1983 in recreational programming.
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Tom Collen began his coaching career at Miami University in 1981, where he worked for three seasons.
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Tom Collen was assistant coach at the University of Utah from 1984 to 1986, and at the Purdue University from 1986 to 1993.
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Tom Collen was named assistant head coach for his last two seasons.
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Tom Collen left the University of Arkansas in 1997 to take the head coaching job at Colorado State University.
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In 1999, his team played in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and Tom Collen was named coach of the year.
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Tom Collen had listed two master's degrees from Miami University, but Miami had reported only one degree in two subjects.
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Tom Collen took a year off from coaching, working as a television commentator and a consultant for the WNBA.
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On March 11,2003, the University of Louisville hired Collen as women's basketball head coach; this was the second time athletic director Tom Jurich hired Collen to that position after doing the same at Colorado State in 1997.
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In 2007, Tom Collen returned to Arkansas, this time as women's basketball head coach.