Just saw the below sad news on Jimmy Collins, from a few weeks back.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30511260/ex-uic-flames-coach-illinois-fighting-illini-assistant-jimmy-collins-dies-74
He was a good coach. He just ran into the problem of Illinois players being shooed out to the big programs, and Collins couldn't fix that due to UIC being in the U of I system.