Ryan Collins is back for his third season as a varsity assistant coach after rejoining the BSM staff following a three-year hiatus.

In five seasons at BSM’s head, he led the Red Knights to a 92-38 record, including a pair of conference titles and the school’s only Minnesota State High Schoo League state tournament appearance, where BSM finished third in 2005.

He is the only coach in school history to lead a team to a 20-win season, doing so in both 2004 and 2005.

A 1990 graduate of St. Agnes High School in St. Paul, Collins returned to his alma mater in 1998, leading the Aggies’ baseball team for five seasons, which included two trips to the state tournament and a Class A state title in 2001. He also served as the boys soccer coach while at St. Agnes.

Collins earned Class A coach of the year honors following the state tournament title and was selected as a Lions All-Star Game coach in 2002.

A 1995 graduate of Minnesota State University, with a degree in physical education, Collins works for Recruiters of Minnesota and is the father of four children; Zach, 16, Carter, 13, Tyler, 10, and Kaylee, 8. He and his wife, Kathy, reside in Hugo.