He played overseas before starting a coaching career that included stints with the WNBA's Detroit Shock and with Tommy Amaker's staff at Seton Hall.

NPR: Northwestern Hires Collins As Coach

Tommy Amaker outcoached his contemporary, Steve Alford, exacting revenge of sorts from when Alford's Indiana team beat Amaker and Duke back in the 1987 regional semifinals.

WSJ: Harvard Crimson Upset New Mexico Lobos in NCAA Basketball Tourney

It required the Friends of Harvard Basketball, an alumni group dominated by ex-players. chipping in money to improve Amaker's salary, with, The Harvard Crimson reported, the full knowledge of Harvard's athletic director.

CNN: An easy out for athletes in Harvard scandal?

Last season, after decades of fielding mediocre basketball teams, Harvard was ranked among the nation's top 25 in basketball, and at the heart of the basketball team's success was a program dogged by controversy ever since Harvard hired former University of Michigan coach Tommy Amaker in April 2007.

CNN: An easy out for athletes in Harvard scandal?