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HIS TEAMS WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
He has led his teams to 12 straight conference titles dating back to the 2013-14 season.
HISTORY MADE IN 2025
His 31 wins during his first year at Drake in 2024-25 were the most by a first-year coach in Missouri Valley Conference history.
IOWA CITY TIES
He was born in Iowa City on April 12, 1981. He attended Iowa Basketball camps in Storm Lake, where he was raised after the age of five, as a kid.
ACCOMPLISHED
During his 15 years at Northwest Missouri State, McCollum earned five NABC Division II National Coach of the Year awards, the most for a single coach in Division II history. McCollum also garnered three Clarence Gaines Awards, nine Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Coach of the Year honors and was a 2024 Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
HIS TEAMS WIN
His overall record of 426-95 (.818) is fifth best all-time among collegiate men’s basketball coaches.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
As a player, McCollum helped lead Northwest Missouri State to a 51-12 record and the program's first-ever Elite Eight appearance in 2001-02 following a 29-3 season. That was also the first time the Bearcats ever swept both regular season and tournament titles, an accomplishment he replicated years later as head coach. McCollum's playing career began at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) in Mason City where he was a two-time all-region selection.
FORMER HAWKEYE COACHED BEN
His head coach at NIACC was former Hawkeye, Steve Krafcisin, who was on Iowa’s last team to advance to the Final Four (1980).
PROTECTS HIS HOME FLOOR
McCollum led Northwest Missouri State to five undefeated records at home five times (2024, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017). Dating back to the 2015 season, his last 12 teams at Northwest Missouri State and Drake have only lost two or fewer games on its home court, boasting a home-court winning percentage of 93 percent.
DEFENSE TRAVELS
McCollum’s teams have ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense in each of the last 10 seasons. His 2017-18 and 2022-23 squads at Northwest Missouri State led the nation, while Drake was the No. 2 scoring defense (58.9) this past season.
HAWKEYE CONNECTION
McCollum’s mother, Mary, earned her undergraduate, master’s and law degrees from the University of Iowa.