Celebrity Jersey Cards #739 Chris Collins & Allison Guth

Celebrity Jersey Cards is a weekly series in which I create virtual trading cards for celebrities wearing pro jerseys. I continue my season-long march through all MLB teams.

Son of former NBA player and coach Doug, Chris Collins starred at Duke and played two seasons in Finland before starting his coaching career in 1998. After stints as an assistant in the WNBA and college, Collins was named Head Coach at Northwestern in 2013. For his NU career, he is 194-190, with only one really bad season. Collins tossed a ceremonial pitch for the Chicago Cubs to earn his Celebrity Jersey Card, but I suspect the Chicago area native had at least one Cubs jersey in his collection.

Chicago area native Allison Guth played for the University of Illinois, before embarking on a business career. Her love of basketball pulled her into coaching though. After a few years as an assistant, including at Loyola and DePaul, Guth was named Head Coach at Yale, a position she held from 2015-22. She spent the last three seasons as Head Coach at Loyola, where she raised the enthusiasm level on and off the team to the highest I have seen it. Guth is an amazingly positive and engaging person. I can't speak highly enough of her. Somehow it seems fitting that she appears with Cubs mascot Addison on her Celebrity Jersey Card. It echoes her fun personality.