Geoff Collins meets with Ga. Tech officials, emerges as front-runner

Temple's Geoff Collins has emerged as the front-runner to become new coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and a decision might come in the next few days, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Collins, a native of Conyers, Georgia, has a 15-10 record in two seasons at Temple in his first college head-coaching position. He was a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech from 1999 to 2001 and served as its recruiting coordinator in 2006.

Sources told ESPN that Collins, 47, met with Georgia Tech athletics director Todd Stansbury in New York on Wednesday. Yahoo Sports earlier reported that Collins met with Stansbury and other Georgia Tech officials.

Collins would replace former Tech coach Paul Johnson, who…