| MUNCIE,
Ind. -- Troy
Collier,
who spent the last four seasons as an assistant men's basketball
coach at Missouri State, has been named an assistant coach at
Ball State University, according to Cardinals' head coach Ronny
Thompson. |
| Collier
begins his duties immediately and joins assistant coach Steve
Flint, who was named to Thompson's staff April 13. |
| "I
am pleased Troy has joined our staff at Ball State,"
Thompson said. "Being from the Midwest, Troy is very
familiar with recruiting the area. He's a hard worker with a
great basketball mind. Troy will impact our program
immediately." |
| Last
season at Missouri State, Collier helped the Bears to a 22-9
overall record and a regular season runner-up finish at the
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The Bears also
advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation
Tournament. |
| As
a member of Barry Hinson's staff at Missouri State, Collier was
responsible for practice and game coaching, academics and
recruiting, as well as the day-to-day operations of the
basketball program. The Bears were a combined 77-48 during his
four years. In his final three seasons, Missouri State averaged
20 wins a year, advanced to the finals of the MVC Tournament
twice and played in the postseason twice. |
| Prior
to Missouri State, Collier spent three years as an assistant to
head coach Rick Samuels at Eastern Illinois. During Collier's
EIU tenure, the Panthers were 21-10 in 2000-01 and won the Ohio
Valley Conference Tournament to advance to the 2001 NCAA
Tournament. |
| A
native of Danville, Ill., Collier earned his bachelor's degree
in sociology from Eastern Illinois in 1994. He was a three-year
Panther basketball letterman as a point guard for Samuels.
Collier was the team's captain as a senior and helped the
Panthers to the NCAA Tournament during the 1991-92 season. |
| Collier,
who earned a master's degree in business and sports
administration from Illinois in 1996, returned to Eastern
Illinois in 1999 after three years as a human relations and
labor relations representative for Hamilton Standard-United
Technologies in Connecticut. |
| Collier
and his wife, Hayonna, have one son, Aaron. |
