| Stacy Collins | |
| Current Title: | Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Sutherlin, Oregon, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1993–1997 |
| Player Team1: | Western Oregon |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1998–2001 |
| Coach Team1: | Western Oregon (STC/LB) |
| Coach Years2: | 1999–2001 |
| Coach Team2: | Vienna Vikings (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2002 |
| Coach Team3: | South Dakota Mines (DC/STC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team4: | Western Washington (STC/LB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2005–2006 |
| Coach Team5: | Idaho State (LB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2007 |
| Coach Team6: | Southern Oregon (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team7: | Central Washington (STC/DL) |
| Coach Years8: | 2010 |
| Coach Team8: | Central Washington (STC/LB) |
| Coach Years9: | 2011 |
| Coach Team9: | Portland State (STC) |
| Coach Years10: | 2012–2015 |
| Coach Team10: | South Dakota Mines |
| Coach Years11: | 2016 |
| Coach Team11: | Utah State (STC) |
| Coach Years12: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team12: | Utah State (ILB) |
| Coach Years13: | 2019 |
| Coach Team13: | Utah State (STC/RB) |
| Coach Years14: | 2020 |
| Coach Team14: | Utah State (co-DC/DB) |
| Coach Team15: | Boise State (STC/EDGE) |
| Coach Years15: | 2021 |
| Coach Team16: | Penn State (STC/OLB) |
| Coach Years16: | 2022–2023 |
| Coach Team17: | Boise State (AHC/STC/LB) |
| Coach Years17: | 2024–present |
| Overall Record: | 16–27 |
Stacy Collins (born September 10, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the special teams coordinator, outside linebackers, and nickels coach at Penn State University.[1] Collins served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2012 through 2015.
Collins played linebacker for Western Oregon from 1993 through 1997, while completing his degree in physical education.[2]
Following his playing career, Collins joined the coaching staff at Western Oregon as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach from 1998 to 2001, while also completing his master's degree in education.
Collins also served as the defensive coordinator for the Vienna Vikings of the Austrian Football League from 1999 to 2001. He also served a stint as the Interim Head Coach.
For the 2002 season, Collins was the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator at South Dakota Mines.
The following season, Collins returned to the West Coast. He spent two seasons (2003–2004) coaching the linebackers and coordinating the special teams at Western Washington. While here, Collins helped develop future National Football League (NFL) punter Michael Koenen.
Collins moved on to Idaho State for the 2005 and 2006 football seasons, coaching the linebackers for the Bengals.
Collins was the defensive coordinator at Southern Oregon. He also served as the recruiting coordinator.
Collins spent 2008 through 2010 at Central Washington. He spent all three years as the special teams coordinator, while coaching the defensive line in 2008 and 2009, and the linebackers in 2010.
For the 2011 season, Collins served as the special teams coordinator for the Portland State Vikings football team.
In 2012, Collins returned to South Dakota Mines for his first head coaching opportunity. In his four seasons at the helm, Collins led the Hardrockers to two winning seasons, making the total winning seasons in 30 seasons three. Although also served as the special teams coordinator, Collins’ teams saw historic offensive success, breaking numerous offensive records with a wide-open, pass-heavy, explosive scheme. At the time of Collins’ departure, He was sixth on the all-time wins list at South Dakota Mines.[3]
Following his success at South Dakota Mines, Collins Joined Matt Wells’ Staff at Utah State as the special teams coordinator for the 2016 season. In 2017 and 2018, Collins transitioned to coaching the inside linebackers. Following Wells’ departure for Texas Tech prior to the 2019, Collins was retained by returning head coach Gary Andersen. He moved to the offensive side of the ball coaching the running backs, as well as taking over the special teams duties again.[4]
On January 15, 2020, it was announced that Collins would be promoted to co-coordinate the defense, and would switch positional responsibilities from running backs to defensive backs.[5]
In January 2021, Collins was hired by Andy Avalos at Boise State to coordinate the special teams and coach the "edge" outside linebacker position on defense.[6] After spending two seasons as an assistant at Penn State, he returned to Boise State to serve under head coach Spencer Danielson in January 2024.
Collins and his wife, Mandi, have four daughters, Kayla, Mackenzie, Kylee and Mackenna.