"Greg Collins will return as our Women's Basketball Head Coach next season. Multiple donors have made a significant commitment to the program's NIL fund and our major Women's Basketball benefactors want this. Coach Collins is also making a financial commitment. As a result, the program will have substantially more resources available with respect to NIL in building a roster for 2026-27 than we had in 2025-26. Coach Collins has been a part of 286 wins with our program, including 132 as head coach, and he has helped 10 players earn All-Conference honors. The team won 23 games a year ago, and I am confident our new resources will result in significant and notable improvement immediately. This program has a history of 20-win seasons, competing for conference championships and reaching post-season tournaments and these goals are the expectation of our program."
STATEMENT FROM WKU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH GREG COLLINS
"I apologize to our fans for this season. We clearly fell way short of the expectations this program deserves, and no one is more disappointed than I am. The collegiate athletics world has changed dramatically, and we did not meet the new challenges this season. We do have a detailed plan for significant improvement, and I appreciate the new NIL commitments by our donors that will immediately impact our program. I also will be devoting a portion of my salary to our program's NIL pool. We will soon return to winning at the magnitude this program expects, and I am more committed than ever to take this program to the level it belongs."
GREG COLLINS AT WKU
- 286 wins as a member of the WKU Women's Basketball coaching staff
- 132 wins as the WKU Women's Basketball Head Coach
- 2023 CUSA tournament championship berth
- 10 All-CUSA players, including six First Team selections
- 25 overall conference postseason awards won by WKU players
- Two CUSA Freshmen of the Year
- Third-most wins in E.A. Diddle Arena as Women's Basketball Head Coach (74), behind only Hall of Fame Coaches Paul Sanderford and Mary Taylor Cowles
- Finished in the top four of CUSA in five seasons and finished in the top three in three seasons
- Has met or exceeded CUSA Coaches Preseason Poll expectations in five of his eight seasons as Head Coach
- Ranked No. 31 in national RPI rankings heading into 2019-20 CUSA Championship before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Eight losses in 2025-26 by five points or less, and four by three points or less
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