Collins resigns as UNLV coach

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Former Hawai'i All-American Deitre Collins resigned from her position as UNLV's volleyball coach Tuesday. Collins' contract will be honored through June 30 and she will be reassigned within the athletics department until it expires.

"They were not thrilled with the job I had done," Collins told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I was not thrilled with not accomplishing the goals that I set."

Collins, 41, took over a program that was non-existent for 11 years in 1996 and spent eight seasons as head coach, compiling a record of 89-136. The 1998 Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division Co-Coach of the Year led her second team to its best winning percentage in program history with a 23-8 record (.742) and a WAC Tournament semifinal appearance.

Collins has served as head coach of the U.S. Junior National Team three summers and has been an assistant for the U.S. National Team. U.S. coach Toshi Yoshida was her club coach when she was a junior.

Collins was a three-time All-American at UH and helped the 'Bows to the 1982 and '83 NCAA championships.

She was the first volleyball player to win the Broderick Cup, symbolic of the country's finest female collegiate athlete. Collins went on to start for the 1988 Olympic team, then returned to UH to complete her degree.