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Chris Collins Has A Natural Coach To Emulate

And it's not Coach K. Or his dad, either.

Chris Collins coaching his heart out
Chris Collins coaching his heart out
Liz Condo-USA TODAY Sports

As Chris Collins starts to build at Northwestern, he has a natural role model to turn to.

No, no, not Coach K. Mike Krzyzewski started building his Duke program in 1980.

Collins was six at the time.

No, his role model for this job is another coach who took over a depressingly bad team. That would of course be Duke football coach David Cutcliffe, who seems to be inspiring a lot of people lately.