When Micah Shrewsberry hired Aki Collins to help fill his Penn State coaching staff, it was a reunion 16 years in the making.
Their first partnership came in 2003 when they served as a part of the Marshall staff until 2005. Shrewsberry was the director of basketball operations, and Collins served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
“This reunion has been in the works for the past few years,” Collins told The Daily Collegian via email. “We both spent time in the NBA, and we both had a desire to get back on the collegiate level.