Doug Collins was the epitome of a proud father on Thursday afternoon as his son Chris led Northwestern to their first-ever NCAA Tournament win
The Northwestern Wildcats made some history this past Sunday when they earned their first-ever selection into the NCAA Tournament. On Thursday, they took that history a bit further, as they ended up winning their first-ever NCAA Tournament game, a nail-biter over Vanderbilt. It was truly a milestone moment for head coach Chris Collins and the Wildcats program.
But during the final stretch of the game as Northwestern was coming away with the win, the focus for just a short while was on another Collins — Chris’ father Doug. Doug has seen his son through this entire journey, and you had to imagine that he was the proudest father in the world during that moment when the realization set in that the win was coming.
Oh he indeed was the proudest father in the world, and it showed on his face, as the television cameras were able to catch.
Yep, that’s certainly a proud father if there ever was one, and it’s pretty obvious that he has every right in the world to be.
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Doug has already made his mark on the basketball world as a player and a coach, and now he is watching his son make some history of his own. And what may be the best part of all this is the fact that Collins might just be getting started with the work he’s doing with this Northwestern program. Much more may be to come, especially in this tournament alone as the Wildcats are now advancing on.
But there might not be much for Doug that will be better than seeing his son make history such as he and his team did on Thursday afternoon.