ATLANTA — Georgia Tech's athletic association board has called a meeting for Monday, and the future of football coach Geoff Collins appears to be in the balance.
Mike Flynn, a spokesman for the school, said Sunday the meeting will be open only to board members.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, citing an unidentified source, that Collins is out after three-plus seasons.
There has been increased speculation about Collins' status after three consecutive three-win seasons and a 1-3 start to this one. Athletic director Todd Stansbury, who hired Collins, has also faced increased criticism.
Collins is 10-28 at Tech. The Yellow Jackets finished 3-9 in 2021, their poor finish capped by nonconference losses to independent power Notre Dame and eventual national champion Georgia by a combined margin of 100-0.
There have been more lopsided losses this season, including 41-10 to Clemson in an opener between Atlantic Coast Conference programs at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium and 42-0 against Ole Miss of the Southeastern Conference on Sept. 17 at Bobby Dodd Stadium, the Jackets' home. The lone win was 35-17 against Western Carolina, a Football Championship Subdivision member and Collins' alma mater.
Over their past four games against Power Five opponents, the Jackets have been outscored 183-10. They allowed at least 41 points in each loss and were shut out in three of those games.
With Collins in need of showing improvement, Tech lost 27-10 at the University of Central Florida on Saturday. Afterward, Collins said he expected to remain the coach.
"My expectation, I just stood in front of the team, a bunch of young men that I absolutely love and give my all for them, and my expectation is to continue to do that," he said.
Asked why he believes he should remain the coach, Collins said: "We just went out there against a really good football team and competed and played really good football at times outside of unfortunate self-inflicted mistakes. The guys were ready to go out there and play at a high level. We just fell short at some critical times."
Collins, 51, was 15-10 in two seasons as Temple's coach before he was hired by Tech on Dec. 7, 2018. He replaced Paul Johnson, who was 189-11 in 11 seasons and had a 51-37 record in ACC games. Tech is 7-19 in ACC games under Collins.
Before being hired by Temple, Collins was an assistant coach at Mississippi State from 2011-14, and he was Florida's defensive coordinator from 2015-16. A native of the Atlanta area, Collins spent two stints on staff at Tech, from 1999 to 2001 under George O'Leary as a graduate assistant for two years and tight ends coach for the third season, and as director of player personnel for Chan Gailey in 2006.
With the exception of the regular-season finale at Georgia, which is currently ranked No. 1 and has won four straight meetings in nonconference rivalry, Tech's remaining schedule is against league foes. Next up is Saturday's trip to No. 24 Pittsburgh, the reigning ACC champion that will be playing its conference opener after a 3-1 start, with the lone loss two weeks ago in overtime to Tennessee, which is currently ranked No. 8.