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| Sam Jason Collins (born 5 June 1977) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who is the lead youth development youth coach at Mansfield Town. He played as a centre back in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Bury, Port Vale, Hull City, Swindon Town and Hartlepool United. He managed in the Football League with Hartlepool United.
Collins started his career with Huddersfield Town in 1994 before he signed for Bury in 1999. After three years, he moved on to Port Vale, where he established himself as captain. He was named the club's Player of the Year at the end of the 2002–03 season. Collins' performances earned him a move to Hull City in 2006, though knee injuries blighted his time at the club. Loaned to Swindon Town for a brief spell in 2007; the following year, he signed permanently with Hartlepool United.
Collins took on a coaching role with Hartlepool in 2014 and had three spells as caretaker manager before leaving the club in 2017. He spent a year as a coach at Bradford City before becoming youth-team manager at York City. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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| Appearances, goals and cards for Collins
League Cup 2010/2011
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