Jory Collins

====2025–26 season====

====2025–26 season====

In the 2025–26 season, Collins would lead North Dakota State to its most successful Division I season yet, and their best season overall since 1995–96. The Bison would go 2–2 in their first four games, before rattling off 23 wins in a row. This included a win over [[2025–26 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team|South Dakota State]] in [[Brookings, South Dakota]] for the first time January 4, 2015 and snapped a 24-game losing streak to the Jacks.{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/womens-sports/bison-women-put-24-game-skid-against-jackrabbits-to-bed-with-road-win-over-sdsu|title=Streaks snapped: Bison women put 24-game losing skid against Jackrabbits to bed with road win over SDSU|website=inforum.com|first=Matt|last=Zimmer|date=January 17, 2026|access-date=April 22, 2026}} South Dakota State would be the team to snap the Bison win streak. However, this would be enough for the Bison to win their first Summit League regular season title outright. In the [[2026 Summit League women's basketball tournament|Summit League tournament]] NDSU would run thru their first two opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal, but they would run into South Dakota State yet again in the championship. NDSU would fall to SDSU yet again,{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/jeff-kolpack-template-52|title=South Dakota State stops Bison for another trip to NCAA tournament|website=inforum.com|first=Jeff|last=Kolpack|date=March 8, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}} and the Bison would not receive an at-large bid to the [[2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]]. But since they were the regular season champion for the [[Summit League]] and did not make the NCAA tournament, they received an automatic bid to the [[2026 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament]], their first. They would be the top seed in their region as well, and win their first round game against [[Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball|Chattanooga]].{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/womens-sports/bison-women-surge-over-chattanooga-in-wbit-first-round|title=Bison women surge over Chattanooga in WBIT first round|website=inforum.com|first=Andrew|last=Haugland|date=March 19, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}} But they would fall to [[2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball team|Columbia]] in the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/womens-sports/historic-bison-women-season-ends-after-wbit-second-round-loss|title=Historic Bison women season ends after WBIT second-round loss|website=inforum.com|first=Andrew|last=Haugland|date=March 22, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}} Collins' North Dakota State team would finish with a 29–5 overall record, and a 15–1 Summit League record, both being NDSU Division I bests.

In the 2025–26 season, Collins would lead North Dakota State to its most successful Division I season yet, and their best season overall since 1995–96. The Bison would go 2–2 in their first four games, before rattling off 23 wins in a row. This included a win over [[2025–26 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team|South Dakota State]] in [[Brookings, South Dakota]] for the first time January 4, 2015 and snapped a 24-game losing streak to the Jacks.{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/womens-sports/bison-women-put-24-game-skid-against-jackrabbits-to-bed-with-road-win-over-sdsu|title=Streaks snapped: Bison women put 24-game losing skid against Jackrabbits to bed with road win over SDSU|website=inforum.com|first=Matt|last=Zimmer|date=January 17, 2026|access-date=April 22, 2026}} South Dakota State would be the team to snap the Bison win streak. However, this would be enough for the Bison to win their first Summit League regular season title outright. In the [[2026 Summit League women's basketball tournament|Summit League tournament]] NDSU would run thru their first two opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal, but they would run into South Dakota State yet again in the championship. NDSU would fall to SDSU yet again,{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/jeff-kolpack-template-52|title=South Dakota State stops Bison for another trip to NCAA tournament|website=inforum.com|first=Jeff|last=Kolpack|date=March 8, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}} and the Bison would not receive an at-large bid to the [[2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]]. But since they were the regular season champion for the [[Summit League]] and did not make the NCAA tournament, they received an automatic bid to the [[2026 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament]], their first. They would be the top seed in their region as well, and win their first round game against [[Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball|Chattanooga]].{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/womens-sports/bison-women-surge-over-chattanooga-in-wbit-first-round|title=Bison women surge over Chattanooga in WBIT first round|website=inforum.com|first=Andrew|last=Haugland|date=March 19, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}} But they would fall to [[2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball team|Columbia]] in the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/womens-sports/historic-bison-women-season-ends-after-wbit-second-round-loss|title=Historic Bison women season ends after WBIT second-round loss|website=inforum.com|first=Andrew|last=Haugland|date=March 22, 2026|access-date=April 21, 2026}} Collins' North Dakota State team would finish with a 29–5 overall record, and a 15–1 Summit League record, both being NDSU Division I bests. Following the end of the season, Collins would receive the 2026 [[Kay Yow Award]].

==Head coaching record==

==Head coaching record==