Nick Collins joined the Western Carolina volleyball staff in July, 2021 as an assistant coach.
Collins arrives in Cullowhee after working with the MidAmerica Volleyball Association (MAVA) in Louisville, Ky. as the head coach of 17 Elite, 18 Elite, and 12 Great White since the summer of 2020 in his second stint with the organization. He spent the spring of 2020 as a volunteer assistant coach at Bowling Green State University.
He worked at MAVA for just over two years in his first stint from January 2018-February 2020 primarily working as an assistant coach of 17 Elite and 18 Select. Collins spent the 2018-19 collegiate season as a volunteer assistant coach at Eastern Illinois where he oversaw recruiting efforts, positional training, and daily operations for the Panthers.