Title: | Head Coach |
Phone: | 415-452-7637 |
Email: | jjcollins@ccsf.edu |
Coach Collins is entering his eighth season as head coach after serving for six years as an assistant coach at City College of San Francisco. The 2015 and 2021 CCCAA All-American Coach of the Year has led the Rams to the post season in each of his previous seven seasons, including nine postseason victories, two Northern California Championships, two State Championships, and two National Championships. During this time, 139 of his players transferred to four-year colleges. Of those transfers, 82 continued their careers with Division 1 programs, and a total of 100 players earned scholarships.
Coach Collins began his career coaching the quarterbacks at City College, a role he maintains. In his 13 seasons working with the quarterbacks, CCSF has seen 16 Division 1 opportunites for quarterbacks and a total of 21 continue to play at the four-year level.
Year |
Name |
School |
Level |
2009 |
Darius Bell |
UCLA |
D1 |
2010 |
Steele Jantz |
Iowa State |
D1 |
2010 |
Jamie Jensen |
Western Colorado |
D2 |
2011 |
Turner Baty |
Kansas |
D1 |
2011 |
Ikaika Woolsey |
Hawaii |
D1 |
2012 |
Andrew Spivey |
Austin Peay |
D1 |
2012 |
Riley Magner |
Wagner |
D1 |
2012 |
Carl Cox |
Fort Lewis |
D2 |
2013 |
Turner Baty |
UC Davis |
D1 |
2014 |
Tony Rodriguez |
Washington |
D1 |
2014 |
Ian Leggett |
Tennessee at Martin |
D1 |
2014 |
Jerry Peralta |
Fairmont State |
D2 |
2015 |
Anthony Gordon |
Washington State |
D1 |
2016 |
LaVell McCullers |
Prairie View A&M |
D1 |
2017 |
Zach Masoli |
Augustana |
D2 |
2017 |
Sean Duffy |
Univ. of Dubuque |
D3 |
2018 |
Jack Newman |
Cal |
D1 |
2019 |
Ethan Bullock |
Oklahoma State |
D1 |
2019 |
Jacob Cruz |
Western New Mexico |
D2 |
2021 |
Jack Newman |
UC Davis |
D1 |
2022 |
Matt Jenner |
Central Connecticut |
D1 |
2023 |
Dorian Hale |
San Jose State |
D1 |
After playing quarterback for CCSF in 2005 and winning a Northern California Championship, Collins transferred to Portland State University, where he played quarterback for head coach Jerry Glanville and offensive coordinator Mouse Davis, the inventor of the run-and-shoot. At Portland State, Collins earned 2008 Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. In 2011, Collins graduated with a Masters of Sports Science with an emphasis in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama.
A Bay Area native, Coach Collins resides in San Francisco with his wife and son.