Ben McCollum Northwest Missouri State University – MBCA Notes

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Coach Ben McCollum was named the head coach of Northwest Missouri State University prior to the 2009-10 season. He was the 2012 Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of the Year and they were 2015-16 MIAA Tournament Champions. He began this eighth (8th) season in 2016-17 with 141-70 career record. Coach McCollum was a Three-time MIAA Coach of the Year (2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16).

Coach McCollum is no stranger to hard work and he has instilled that mentality into the Bearcat men’s basketball team. Coach McCollum was tabbed the 20th head coach in Northwest men’s basketball history prior to the start of the 2009-10 season.

His teams lead the league in defense in 2011-12 and 2012-13 and finished as one of the top defensive units in the nation. Northwest got to the MIAA Tournament Championship game in 2013 knocking of top seed Fort Hays State before falling in overtime of a thrilling championship game to Central Missouri.

The Bearcats showed improvement in McCollum’s second season in 2010. They finished the season by winning six of the year’s final nine games. During his first season, McCollum was the second-youngest active head coach in NCAA Division II as the team finished 12-15 and one win shy of qualifying for the MIAA tournament.

The No. 2 team in the NCAA Division II polls won’t be going anywhere but up after an impressive weekend victory. They routed Central Missouri at home on Sunday night, 76-57. They will probably be the Number one team in the NCAA Division II poll next week.

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