Coaches
Mike Collins
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Mike Collins
Played at UL Monroe 1979-1982
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-1984 | UL Monroe | GA | GA | not known |
| 1985-1990 | Ouachita HS (Monroe, La) (DC) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1991-1997 | McNeese | Position | LB | not known |
| 1998 | UL Monroe | Position | LB | Ed Zaunbrecher |
| 1999-2002 | UL Monroe | DC | DC | Bobby Keasler (1999-2001) |
| 2002 | UL Monroe | Head coachinterim | interim HC | not known |
| 2003-2004 | LSU | Position | LB | Nick Saban |
| 2005-2006 | Northwestern State | DC | AHC/DC | not known |
| 2007 | Kilgore HS (TX) (HS) | Position | LB | not known |
| 2008 | McNeese | Position | LB | not known |
| 2009-2010 | McNeese | Position | AHC/DB | not known |
| 2011-2012 | McNeese | DC | AHC/DC/DB | not known |
| 2013-2015 | Sam Houston | DC | AHC/DC/LB | not known |
| 2016-2019 | UL Monroe | DC | AHC/DC/LB✓ | Matt Viator |
| 2021-2023 | Neville HS (LA) (HS) | DC | DC | not known |
| 2024- | Neville HS (LA) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | UL Monroe | Defensive coordinator | 117 | 125 | 124 | 78 | 128 |
| 2017 | UL Monroe | Defensive coordinator | 129 | 123 | 121 | 117 | 130 |
| 2018 | UL Monroe | Defensive coordinator | 113 | 107 | 110 | 129 | 130 |
| 2019 | UL Monroe | Defensive coordinator | 122 | 123 | 117 | 113 | 130 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | UL Monroe | 3-6 (9 of 12) | - → - | - | - | -19.0 | 18% wins | 117 |
Worked under
- Ed Zaunbrecher · UL Monroe 1998 (Position)
- Bobby Keasler · UL Monroe 1999-2001 (DC)
- Nick Saban · LSU 2003-2004 (Position)
- Matt Viator · UL Monroe 2016-2019 (DC, Other, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 2
- Allen Rudolph · UL Monroe 2002 (Position)
- Manny Michel · UL Monroe 2002 (DC, Position)
Coached together
- Norman Joseph · UL Monroe 1983-1984 · him GA, them Other
- Rickey Bustle · UL Monroe 1984 · him GA, them Position
- Mike Santiago · McNeese 1991-1997 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Lance Guidry · McNeese 1994-2008 · him Position, them GA, Position
- Scott Stoker · McNeese 1994-1997 · him Position, them Position
- Jason Rollins · McNeese 1997 · him Position, them Position
- Ed Zaunbrecher · UL Monroe 1998 · him Position, them Head coach
- Sonny Dykes* · UL Monroe 1998 · him Position, them Position
- Manny Michel · UL Monroe 1999-2002 · him DC, Head coach, them DC, Position
- Allen Rudolph · UL Monroe 2002 · him DC, Head coach, them Position
- Derek Dooley · LSU 2003-2004 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Harlon Barnett · LSU 2003 · him Position, them GA
- James Coley · LSU 2003-2004 · him Position, them GA
- Jimbo Fisher · LSU 2003-2004 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Lawrence Dawsey · LSU 2003 · him Position, them GA
- Nick Saban · LSU 2003-2004 · him Position, them Head coach
- Tim Walton · LSU 2003 · him Position, them Position
- Dameyune Craig · LSU 2004 · him Position, them GA
- Jason Woodman · LSU 2004 · him Position, them GA
- Kirby Smart*+ · LSU 2004 · him Position, them Position
- Brad Laird · Northwestern State 2005 · him DC, Other, them DC, Position
- Broderick Fobbs · Northwestern State 2005-2006 · him DC, Other, them OC, Position
- Scott Stoker · Northwestern State 2005-2006 · him DC, Other, them Head coach
- Slade Nagle · Northwestern State 2006 · him DC, Other, them OC, Position
- Broderick Fobbs · McNeese 2008-2011 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Viator · McNeese 2008-2012 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Manny Michel · McNeese 2009-2012 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Eman Naghavi · McNeese 2011-2012 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Chris Hampton · McNeese 2012 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Rob Sale · McNeese 2012 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Slade Nagle · McNeese 2012 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Matt Merkens · Sam Houston 2013-2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them Other
- Willie Fritz*+ · Sam Houston 2013 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Dan Lanning*+ · Sam Houston 2014 · him DC, Other, Position, them Other, Position
- K.C. Keeler* · Sam Houston 2014-2015 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Matt Powledge · Sam Houston 2014-2015 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Phil Longo* · Sam Houston 2014-2015 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Patrick Toney · Sam Houston 2015 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Matt Kubik · UL Monroe 2016-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC
- Matt Powledge · UL Monroe 2016-2017 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Matt Viator · UL Monroe 2016-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Rob Sale · UL Monroe 2016 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Scott Stoker · UL Monroe 2016-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Eman Naghavi · UL Monroe 2017-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
Played together
- Chris Scelfo · UL Monroe 1981-1982