Hall of Fame
Dick Collins was the Lopers head equipment manager, for all men's and women's sports, over a 38-year period (1976-13). He began his career as a student assistant, in 1967, before heading to the Navy.
Returning to UNK in 1975 and graduating a year later with a Recreation Degree, he was charged with outfitting all Loper varsity sport program, which numbered 10 when he began at then-Kearney State. With the advent of women's sports, the number grew quickly to 17.
In 1990, he helped design the current equipment room, housed on the ground floor of the Health & Sports Center.
He was a member of the Athletic Equipment Manager's Association (AEMA) since its inception in 1976 and worked with over 10,000 UNK student-athletes, not to mention hundreds of Loper coaches.
Collins currently resides in Kearney with his wife, Shirley.
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