Geoff Collins introduced as new head football coach

President Richard Englert (left), and Athletic Director Pat Kraft (right), introduce former University of Florida Geoff Collins as the new head football coach. EVAN EASTERLING / THE TEMPLE NEWSEven though his voice has a southern twang to it, don’t be fooled. Geoff Collins has Pennsylvania roots.

He was born in 1971 and grew up near Atlanta, but when he went to the Omni Coliseum to watch NHL games, he wasn’t cheering for the Atlanta Flames. Collins instead rooted for the Philadelphia Flyers, even if people threw stuff at him, he said.

Collins liked the physicality and toughness of the 1970s Broad Street Bullies led by Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke. When he played middle school basketball…