| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1954-07-15)July 15, 1954 (age 71) |
| Alma mater | Miami Dade CC, A.A., 1974 Butler, B.S., 1976 Indiana State, M.S., 1977 |
| Playing career | |
| 1972–1974 | Miami Dade CC |
| 1974–1976 | Butler |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1977 | Rose-Hulman (assistant) |
| 1977–1978 | Seattle Central CC (assistant) |
| 1978–1983 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 1983–1986 | Oregon (assistant) |
| 1986–1989 | Stanford (assistant) |
| 1989–2000 | Butler |
| 2000–2006 | Nebraska |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2006–2024 | Butler |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 285–223 |
| Tournaments | 0–3 (NCAA Division I) 4–5 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2MCC regular season (1997, 2000) 3MCC tournament (1997,1998,2000) | |
| Awards | |
| 4×MCC Coach of the Year (1991, 1997, 1999, 2000) | |
Barry Scott Collier (born July 15, 1954) is an American former athletics administrator andcollege basketball coach. Collier served as the head men's basketball coach atButler University from 1989 to 2000 and theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2000 to 2006, compiling a career head coaching record of285–223 (.561). He was theathletic director at Butler from 2006 to 2024.
Collier attendedMiami Palmetto High School inPinecrest, Florida, and later received an Associate of Arts degree fromMiami Dade Community College in 1974. He transferred to Butler and played basketball under George Theofanis for two seasons, and was named a team captain and co-MVP in 1975–76. As a senior, he averaged 15.2 points and a team-high 7.5 rebounds while earning first team all-conference recognition in theIndiana Collegiate Conference. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Butler in 1976 and a Master of Science degree fromIndiana State University in 1977.[1]
Collier began his coaching career in 1976 atRose-Hulman Institute of Technology inTerre Haute, Indiana, and then went to thePacific Northwest, atSeattle Central Community College for a season. He joined the staff of first-year head coachDon Monson at theUniversity of Idaho in1978, and they transformed a cellar program in theBig Sky Conference into atop ten team in1982; the26–2 Vandals were a#3 seed in theWest region and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, falling to the second seed, fourth-rankedOregon State.
Following the1983 season and a hundred wins inMoscow, Collier went with Monson to theUniversity of Oregon in thePac-10. After three years inEugene, Collier joined the staff of new head coachMike Montgomery atStanford University; Montgomery was previously the head coach for eight seasons atMontana in the Big Sky.[1]
After#13 Stanford reached theNCAA tournament in1989, Collier began actively searching for a head coaching position. When he learned his alma mater had an opening, "he submitted a 45-page proposal on how to revive the Butler program to then university president Geoffrey Bannister. The 34-year-old Collier was put in charge of team that hadn't made the NCAA tournament in nearly thirty years."[2]
Collier took his first head coaching job at Butler in 1989, a position he held until 2000.[3] During those eleven seasons at Butler, the team had six postseason appearances, including an NCAA Tournament appearance, Butler's first in 35 years.[3] The Bulldogs had five 20-win seasons, after just two in the prior 91-year history of the program, and was namedMidwestern Collegiate Conference (nowHorizon League) coach of the year in 1991, 1997, 1999, and 2000.
In April 2000, Collier became the head coach at theUniversity of Nebraska in theBig 12 Conference. After six seasons, he moved back to Butler to take the position of vice president and director of athletics,[3] two days after entering the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[1]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Bulldogs(Midwestern Collegiate Conference)(1989–2000) | |||||||||
| 1989–90 | Butler | 6–22 | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
| 1990–91 | Butler | 18–11 | 10–4 | 2nd | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1991–92 | Butler | 21–10 | 7–3 | T–2nd | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1992–93 | Butler | 11–17 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 1993–94 | Butler | 16–13 | 6–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1994–95 | Butler | 15–12 | 8–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1995–96 | Butler | 19–8 | 11–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 1996–97 | Butler | 23–10 | 12–4 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Butler | 22–11 | 8–6 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Butler | 22–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1999–00 | Butler | 23–8 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| Butler: | 196–132 (.598) | 93–58 (.616) | |||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers(Big 12 Conference)(2000–2006) | |||||||||
| 2000–01 | Nebraska | 14–16 | 7–9 | 7th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Nebraska | 13–15 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Nebraska | 11–19 | 3–13 | 12th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Nebraska | 18–13 | 6–10 | 9th | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | Nebraska | 14–14 | 7–9 | T–8th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Nebraska | 19–14 | 7–9 | 6th | NIT First Round | ||||
| Nebraska: | 89–91 (.494) | 36–60 (.375) | |||||||
| Total: | 285–223 (.561) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||