| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Iowa |
| Conference | Big 10 |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1981-04-12)April 12, 1981 (age 44) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2001 | North Iowa Area CC |
| 2001–2003 | Northwest Missouri State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 | Northwest Missouri State (GA) |
| 2005–2009 | Emporia State (assistant) |
| 2009–2024 | Northwest Missouri State |
| 2024–2025 | Drake |
| 2025–present | Iowa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 426–95 (.818) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) 32–7 (NCAA Division II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4NCAA Division II tournament (2017,2019,2021,2022) 12MIAA regular season (2012, 2014–2024) 8MIAA tournament (2016–2020, 2022–2024) MVC regular season (2025) MVC tournament (2025) | |
| Awards | |
| 5×NABC Division II Coach of the Year (2017, 2019–2022) 3×Clarence Gaines Award (2012, 2020, 2022) 5×NABC Division II Central District Coach of the Year (2017, 2019–2022) Basketball Times Division II Coach of the Year (2019) John McLendon Collegiate Basketball Coach of the Year (2019) 8×MIAA Coach of the Year (2012, 2015–2017, 2019–2021, 2023) MVC Coach of the Year (2025) | |
Benjamin Matthew McCollum (born April 12, 1981) is anAmericanbasketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at theUniversity of Iowa.
McCollum was born inIowa City, Iowa, and grew up inStorm Lake, Iowa, where he graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1999. He played basketball for two years atNorth Iowa Area Community College before transferring in 2001 toNorthwest Missouri State, where he played forSteve Tappmeyer as the school made its first Elite Eight appearance. He graduated from Northwest in 2003 with a degree in business finance and received a master's degree in athletic administration from the school in 2004.
He was an assistant coach atEmporia State University from 2004 to 2008, then was named the head coach Northwest Missouri State in 2009.[1]
McCollum's team struggled the first two seasons with records of 12–15 in 2009–10 and 10–16 in 2010–11. In the 2011–12 season, his team went 22–7, won the regular-season MIAA crown and played in the first round of theDivision II NCAA tournament. In 2012, he was honored for the turnaround with theClarence Gaines Award as the best NCAA Division II coach.[2]
His teams then went on the greater success, reaching the Division II Sweet 16 three years in a row from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, he won the first of four DII national championship at Northwest Missouri State. His teams went on to with the national championship in 2019, 2021, and 2022. He also won the Clarence Gaines Award again in 2020 and 2022. McCollum finished his Northwest Missouri State career with four national titles.
McCollum was hired as head coach of theDrake Bulldogs in 2024.[3] After taking the Bulldogs to the second round of theNCAA tournament in his first year with the school, he was named the head coach at Iowa on March 24, 2025.[4]
McCollum is married and has three children.[5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Missouri State Bearcats(Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2009–2024) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Northwest Missouri State | 12–15 | 7–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Northwest Missouri State | 10–16 | 8–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Northwest Missouri State | 22–7 | 15–5 | T–1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Northwest Missouri State | 21–10 | 11–7 | 6th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Northwest Missouri State | 24–9 | 16–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Northwest Missouri State | 25–7 | 15–4 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Northwest Missouri State | 27–6 | 19–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Northwest Missouri State | 35–1 | 18–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II National Champion | ||||
| 2017–18 | Northwest Missouri State | 27–4 | 16–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Northwest Missouri State | 38–0 | 19–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II National Champion | ||||
| 2019–20 | Northwest Missouri State | 31–1 | 18–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II canceled | ||||
| 2020–21 | Northwest Missouri State | 28–2 | 21–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II National Champion | ||||
| 2021–22 | Northwest Missouri State | 34–5 | 18–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division II National Champion | ||||
| 2022–23 | Northwest Missouri State | 31–3 | 20–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Northwest Missouri State | 29–5 | 20–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | ||||
| Northwest Missouri State: | 395–91 (.813) | 241–63 (.793) | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs(Missouri Valley Conference)(2024–2025) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Drake | 31–4 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| Drake: | 31–4 (.886) | 17–3 (.850) | |||||||
| Total: | 426–95 (.818) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
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