Jarron Collins

Jarron Collins begins his seventh season on the Golden State Warriors coaching staff, helping the Warriors earn five consecutive NBA Finals appearances and three NBA Championships (2014-15, 2016-17 & 2017-18) during his first six seasons. He joined the club as a player development coach prior to the 2014-15 campaign before moving to the front of the bench in 2015-16 with his promotion to assistant coach.

Collins, 42, played 10 seasons in the NBA, posting career averages of 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds in 542 regular-season games with the Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers. During his career, his teams made five appearances in the NBA Playoffs.

Selected out of Stanford by the Jazz with the 52nd overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, Collins spent the first eight seasons of his career in Utah before joining the Suns in 2009-10 during current Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr’s final season as the team’s GM.

After finishing his playing career in 2010-11, the Northridge, Calif., native spent two seasons as a personnel scout for the Clippers, and also worked as a television analyst for several outlets, including Pac 12 Networks, ESPNU and the Los Angeles Sparks.

His twin brother, Jason, was a college teammate at Stanford and played 13 years in the NBA. In September 2017, both Jarron and Jason were inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame Jarron and his wife, Elsa, have two daughters, Alessandra and Valentina, and one son, Massimo.