Player Bio: Don Coller

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Don Coller

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Recruiting Coordinator

Don Coller is in his first year as full-time recruiting coordinator and his 11th year in his second stint at Purdue. He served as director of football operations from 2000 to 2009 and added recruiting coordinator duties to his portfolio in 2006.

Coller is responsible for managing the overall recruiting process for the Boilermakers, including organizing all prospect video for the coaching staff; serving as liaison with compliance, student services, admissions and financial aid; and managing the roster as it pertains to personnel, certification and eligibility.

Previously, Coller served as a volunteer assistant coach under Jim Young in 1981 and as a part-time coach in 1982 and 1983. He was a graduate assistant coach under Leon Burtnett in 1984. Coller worked with the tight ends from 1982 to 1984 and among them were Cliff Benson, who earned first team All-Big Ten honors in 1982, and Marty Scott, a second team all-conference selection in 1984.

After leaving Purdue, Coller enjoyed a standout high school head coaching career, first at Central Catholic (1985-86) and then at McCutcheon (1987-97), both in Lafayette, Ind. At Central Catholic, he inherited a program that had gone 1-19 the previous two years and led the Knights to a 10-12 record and a pair of sectional runner-up finishes. At McCutcheon, Coller went 73-39, including 40-13 over his final five campaigns. Coller was an assistant coach at Wabash College during the 1999 season.

A native of Derry, N.H., Coller received his bachelor's degree in physical education from Ball State in 1974 and his master's degree in secondary health education from Purdue in 1984.

Coller (born Oct. 14, 1952) and his wife, Ann, have a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Catherine.