Deitre Collins (born March 3, 1962) is an American volleyball coach and former player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] While at Hawai'i, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate volleyball player in both 1983 and 1984.[2][3][4]
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| Born | March 3, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Sport | Volleyball |
Collins played professionally in Italy and France, winning two French League titles.[5] After retiring as a player in 1992, she began her coaching career.[6] She was hired as an assistant at Houston under Bill Walton in 1993, and subsequently served the same role at Northern Arizona and South Alabama.[6] Collins accepted her first head coaching position at UNLV in 1996, where she spent eight seasons.[6] She had further head coaching stints at Cornell and San Diego State before joining the Coastal Carolina staff as an associate head coach in 2021.[7] Collins joined the Arizona staff as an assistant coach for the 2023 season.[8] In December 2023, it was announced that she was hired as an assistant coach for the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation ahead of its inaugural 2024 season.[9]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deitre Collins Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker - Women's Volleyball Coach". SDSU Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ Dan Cisco (1999). Hawai'i Sports: History, Facts, and Statistics. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 386–. ISBN 978-0-8248-2121-0.
- ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker". San Diego State Aztecs. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c Tominaga, Lance (January 23, 2023). "Extraordinary: The Story of Deitre Collins-Parker". Hawaii Rainbow Wahine. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker". Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Deitre Collins-Parker". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Finley, Ryan (December 12, 2023). "Mojo acquire 6 in draft, trade, add former Aztecs coach to staff for inaugural season". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
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