Doug Collins

Paul Douglas Collins (Play-a-Day)

Born: July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois

High School: Benton in Benton, Illinois

College: Illinois State

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Franchises

Detroit Pistons: April 26, 1995 to February 2, 1998

Team Records

Team Records Table
			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Finish	G	W	L	W/L%	Notes
1995-96	DET	NBA	82	46	36	.561	5.0	5	3	0	3	.000
1996-97	DET	NBA	82	54	28	.659	13.0	3	5	2	3	.400
1997-98	DET	NBA	46	21	25	.457	-2.0	6	0	0	0
Career			210	121	89	.576	16		8	2	6	.250

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Detroit Pistons Franchise (April 26, 1995 - February 2, 1998)

April 26, 1995: Fired Don Chaney as Head Coach.

June 28, 1995: Traded a 1995 1st round draft pick (Shawn Respert was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1995 1st round draft pick (Randolph Childress was later selected), a 1995 1st round draft pick (Theo Ratliff was later selected) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Don Reid was later selected).

June 28, 1995: Selected Theo Ratliff (1st round, 18th pick), Randolph Childress (1st round, 19th pick), Lou Roe (2nd round, 30th pick) and Don Reid (2nd round, 58th pick) in the 1995 NBA Draft.

September 20, 1995: Traded Randolph Childress and Bill Curley to the Portland Trail Blazers for Otis Thorpe.

October 5, 1995: Signed Steve Bardo as a free agent.

January 31, 1996: Signed Michael Curry to the first of two 10-day contracts.

February 22, 1996: Signed Michael Curry to a contract for the rest of the season.

June 26, 1996: Selected Jerome Williams (1st round, 26th pick) in the 1996 NBA Draft.

June 28, 1996: Traded a 1997 2nd round draft pick (Eddie Elisma was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Ron Riley.

July 15, 1996: Signed Michael Curry as a free agent.

July 15, 1996: Traded a 1997 2nd round draft pick (Alain Digbeau was later selected), a 1999 1st round draft pick (Cal Bowdler was later selected), a 1999 1st round draft pick (Dion Glover was later selected) and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Lari Ketner was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for Stacey Augmon and Grant Long.

August 5, 1996: Signed Rick Mahorn as a free agent.

August 30, 1996: Signed Litterial Green as a free agent.

September 17, 1996: Signed Kenny Smith as a free agent.

January 24, 1997: Traded Stacey Augmon to the Portland Trail Blazers for Randolph Childress, Reggie Jordan and Aaron McKie.

June 25, 1997: Selected Scot Pollard (1st round, 19th pick) and Charles O'Bannon (2nd round, 31st pick) in the 1997 NBA Draft.

August 7, 1997: Traded Otis Thorpe to the Vancouver Grizzlies for a 2003 1st round draft pick (Darko Miličić was later selected). 1st-rd pick was protected and required to land between pick 2 and 18, conveying by 2003 at the latest

August 16, 1997: Signed Bison Dele as a free agent.

October 25, 1997: Signed Malik Sealy as a free agent.

December 18, 1997: Traded Aaron McKie, Theo Ratliff and a 2003 1st round draft pick (Carlos Delfino was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Eric Montross, Jerry Stackhouse and a 2005 2nd round draft pick (Alex Acker was later selected). (Pick was PHI's choice of 2003-2005 2nd round picks. Ultimately PHI sent PHO's 2005 2nd round pick, acquired on 6/7/05 from UTA.)

January 17, 1998: Signed Steve Henson to the first of two 10-day contracts.

February 2, 1998: Hired Alvin Gentry as Head Coach.