BOONEVILLE, Miss. – One of northeast Mississippi's most prolific scorers has joined Northeast Mississippi Community College men's basketball coach David Robbins' staff and will also look to lead the golf team in the upcoming season.

Former Tiger standout Nick Coln will now help the Tiger basketball team while also filling the role as the new head coach for the Tiger golf team replacing former head coach Mike Anderson.

Coln comes from Olive Branch where he led the Conquistadors to a 21-8 overall mark and a 4-2 record in league play during the 2009-10 season and advance the Conquistadors to the first round of the Mississippi High SchoolActivities Association's Class 6A state basketball playoffs.

Coln is a former Northeast Tiger and helped lead the Northeast men's basketball team to the national tournament during his sophomore season in 1999-2000.

During his sophomore year at Northeast, Coln averaged 16 points per game, was 40-percent from beyond the three-point arc and finished his sophomore season with an eight-assist per game average in 36 games with the Tigers.

However, it was in the friendly confines of the Alcorn Central High School gymnasium that Coln made a name for himself.

Coln, who played for Alcorn Central from 1992-97, became Alcorn County's all-time leading male scorer with 2,364 points during his varsity career and while with the Golden Bears Coln also set school records for points (794) and three-pointers made (119) and set a single-game record with 52 points against Potts Camp during his senior season in 1996-97.

While at Alcorn Central, Coln also excelled on the track and stillholds the school record in the triple jump with a jump of 41-feet, 8-inches.

Coln returned to coach the Golden Bears after the graduating from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and led the Golden Bears to a 24-9 mark during the 2003-04 season.

While at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, Coln earned his stripes and was the eighth-ranked junior in the nation in three-point field goals made per game and the twenty-sixth ranked player overall nationally with 3.0 three-pointers a game during the 2001 season.

Coln finished his two-year career with the Indians (Warhawks, now)fifth all-time with 157 three-pointers in 432 attempts and is second behindLarry Carr in players who registered just two years with the Warhawks.

When not on the hardwood at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, Coln earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education and Health and plays golf as much as time will allow.