CULTURETECHLENSSherron Collins
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-06985 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5709.
Sherron Collins, born Sherron Marlon Collins on March 18, 1987, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American former professional basketball player and coach. A multi-sport athlete at Crane High School, he was named a McDonald's All-American in 2006 and played at the University of Kansas from 2006 to 2010. With the Jayhawks he won the 2008 NCAA championship, was a consensus second-team All-American in 2009 and a consensus first-team All-American in 2010, and was named Big 12 Tournament most outstanding player in 2010; Kansas retired his No. 4 jersey. Undrafted, he played 20 games for the Charlotte Bobcats and continued in the NBA D-League, in Turkey, and with the Kansas City Tornados. Collins later coached at Free State High School in Lawrence, Kansas, and became head coach at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, leading that program toward its first state championship.
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Sherron Collins, born Sherron Marlon Collins on March 18, 1987, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American former professional basketball player and coach. A multi-sport athlete at Crane High School, he was named a McDonald's All-American in 2006 and played at the University of Kansas from 2006 to 2010.
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- Also known as: Sherron Marlon Collins
Notes
Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Fill 500 Lists Wave 4, Tier 1 — 747 Program). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Sherron Collins entity in the live graph at 3,409 entities (exact/normalized/alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5709 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Fill 500 Comedians gap #15 — a professional basketball player and coach on the mixed civic list, stated openly. Vital status: LIVING — verified by his current head-coaching role at Oak Park High School in Sports Illustrated coverage and no death report in any source consulted. Degree rule: a Kansas B.A. is documented (247Sports), but the University of Kansas has no graph entity, so the has_alumnus edge is BLOCKED on the missing endpoint and documented here rather than approximated. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): 2008 NCAA champion; consensus All-American 2009 (second team) and 2010 (first team); Kansas retired his No. 4 jersey — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate named in the packet); chart FILLED; video HELD; audio HELD. Blocked edges documented in the packet: University of Kansas has_alumnus (degree documented; no graph entity); Charlotte Bobcats (no graph entity). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Persons receive no maps (media-layer rule carried from the CULTGRAPH packets).) | visual_assets = HELD: No Commons file page could be read at file-page level in this pass, so the slot is HELD rather than cleared on | chart = FILLED (Built only from this record's own sourced, dated facts; data table printed in the packet.) | video = HELD (No CTL Short for this subject — checked against the CTL Shorts Link Map catalog (2026-10-15) by full name and ) | audio = HELD (No matching-entity audio with a verified rights basis located in this pass (no CTL-owned audio; third-party st)
Sources
- Wikipedia, “Sherron Collins” — born March 18, 1987, Chicago; Crane High School; McDonald's All-American 2006; Kansas 2006–10 (2008 NCAA champion; consensus All-American 2009 second team, 2010 first team; Big 12 Tournament MOP 2010; No. 4 jersey retired); Charlotte Bobcats, D-League, Turkey, Kansas City Tornados — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherron_Collins (build store)
- Sports Illustrated — Collins as head coach of Oak Park High School (Kansas City, Missouri), leading the program toward its first state championship; current-role and vital-status evidence, accessed 2026-10-16 (build store)
- 247Sports — Collins completed a B.A. in Liberal Arts at the University of Kansas (degree evidence for the blocked alumnus edge), accessed 2026-10-16 (build store)
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Sherron Collins for Kansas vs. Iowa State
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