Nicki Collen (née Taggart; born May 13, 1975) is an American basketball coach and is currently the head women's basketball coach at Baylor University. Collen was born in Indiana and her family moved to Platteville, Wisconsin when she was 10 years old. While living in Wisconsin, Collen attended basketball camps with Bo Ryan. [1]

After her first season ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Collen saw three of her players be selected in the 2022 WNBA Draft, tying a program record. Two of them - NaLyssa Smith (No. 2) and Queen Egbo (No. 10) marked the first duo to …

Mar 8, 2019 · In July of 2018, Nicki Collen was in the seventh week of her first season as a head basketball coach — at any level. And her team, the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, was not off to a good start.

Collen was named Baylor’s women’s basketball head coach May 5. She succeeds Kim Mulkey, who garnered a 632-104 record with three national titles in 21 seasons at Baylor. Collen has coached women’s basketball since the 2000-01 season, spending the past three seasons as head coach of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream.

May 3, 2021 · Atlanta Dream coach Nicki Collen is leaving the WNBA to take over as coach of the Baylor women's basketball team, the school announced Monday. She replaces Kim Mulkey, who left last week to become ...

May 5, 2021 · Nicki Collen knows she has taken a different and more meandering path than a lot of coaches. The latest step to becoming coach of three-time national champion Baylor happened in a hurry. “It hasn’t been an even staircase to the top,” Collen said Wednesday.

May 6, 2021 · During his introduction of Collen, Baylor Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades read a letter from Chris Sienko, Collen’s former boss as GM for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun and Atlanta Dream: “She was nurturing, a teacher, a great observer, respected, and willing to help on any front… Loved by the athletes, staff and fans alike.”

May 5, 2021 · Nicki Collen had never been to Baylor before accepting the job this week to become the team's new women's basketball head coach.

Oct 30, 2017 · ATLANTA – Nicki Collen has been named head coach of the Atlanta Dream, it has been announced by owners Mary Brock and Kelly Loeffler. “I am humbled at the opportunity to become the next Head Coach...

May 3, 2021 · After only one week, Baylor has hired a new head coach for the women's basketball team. With success in the the NCAA and the WNBA, Nicki Collen is set to lead the Lady Bears in the upcoming season.