Community Mourns Loss of Past McEachern Head Football Coach
Charles Collins, a Campbell High School and Auburn University alumni and former McEachern coach, was struck and killed by a car Thursday.
Editor's Note: Thank you to Ross Cavitt with WSB-TV for providing the attached photos. Charles Collins, who coached McEachern football for six years after playing for Auburn, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Canadian Football League, died Thursday after being struck by a car. Collins, 66, was walking across Atlanta Road about 7 p.m. near the Paces Ferry Road intersection when he was struck by a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, Cobb police said. The driver, 25-year-old Nicholas W. Bryant of Carrolton, was not injured and is not expected to be charged. Collins, who lived in Smyrna, was taken to Emory Adventist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He came to McEachern in 1976 as a history teacher and head football coach right after his tenure as a …
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Karen Douglas
8:41 am on Monday, February 27, 2012
I am so sorry to read this post. I came by the scene, apparently, just after the accident occurred. He sounds like an amazing man. His family is in our prayers. more ›