Painless Podcast

The FadeAway with Deon Thomas and Eric Schmidt - Episode 4 Former Illinois Assistant and UIC Head Basketball Coach Jimmy Collins Going back in Illini history, Deon and Eric sit down with Jimmy Collins, former Assistant Coach for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Coach Collins also made a name for himself in the Final Four as a star guard at New Mexico State, and is the University of Illinois at Chicago’s all-time leader in coaching wins. In this episode, Coach Collins tells us how he found his way into coaching, and his thoughts on how he successfully recruited Chicago during the Flying Illini days. He also shares who his toughest “sell” was to convince to come to the University of Illinois. The FadeAway is hosted by Deon Thomas and Eric Schmidt. Deon currently does television studio work for the Big Ten Network and radio color analysis during Fighting Illini Men’s Basketball games. Eric can be seen on the Comcast “Game of the Week,” and other sports and entertainment segments, for Comcast in Ch