University of Detroit Mercy head men’s basketball coach Bacari Alexander ’99 completed his first Titan coaching staff with the hiring of Collin Barth as a graduate assistant.
“Collin is a young and very energetic coach who’s eager to help us reshape the program,” said coach Alexander. “He comes highly recommended from various coaches and former colleagues throughout the country. My staff and I are excited to see him work tirelessly with our student-athletes and campus community.”
An acclaimed AAU coach at the national level, he has been a head coach with Team Work Basketball for the last five years posting over 150 wins and securing over 10 tournament titles. He has coached 36 players who have received athletic scholarships, including 19 at the Division I level. Eight more players are currently receiving scholarship offers in the class of 2017.
He guided his team to a No. 1 ranking in the state of Ohio in 2014 and a national ranking of No. 24 in 2013. His teams have also won such events as the Nike Cup Tournament in 2014 and the Adidas Invitational in 2015.
Barth also worked with The National Basketball Academy from 2011-2014 as a camp director, tournament site director, coach, trainer and video analyst. Part of his job included organizing and directing youth basketball camps for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
A four-year varsity letter-winner on the hard court in college, he started his collegiate career at Wheeling Jesuit before transferring and playing three seasons with Lake Erie College. He was named Wheeling Jesuit’s Top Newcomer in 2012 after helping the team receive a NCAA Division II at-large big and a win in the first round of the men’s basketball tournament, the school’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory.
At Lake Erie College, he appeared in 68 total games and was a two-time member of the All-GLIAC Academic Team.
Barth graduated from Lake Erie College in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management and Business Administration. He is currently pursuing a Master in Liberal Studies with a Concentration in Leadership from Detroit Mercy.
