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Donald Collins

Background

Donald C. Collins is the Commissioner of Athletics for the California Interscholastic Federation, San Francisco Section.  Collins also serves as a sports consultant, and has advised numerous high school leagues and amateur sports officials associations. 

Collins has published over 90 articles on sports administration, sports officiating, legal issues affecting sports officials, and sportsmanship.  Collins also has worked with teams of officials who have worked on sports officials' independent contractor legislation; indeed, Collins drafted model independent contractor language enacted in multiple states.  Collins has also worked on legislation criminalizing batteries committed upon sports officials.
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Collins is an attorney.  He has taught legal writing at the Hofstra University Law School .  Collins also has taught in the paralegal program at Sonoma State University while assisting in the compliance office of the Sonoma State Athletic Department.  Collins also served a five year term as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.

Collins also has been a sports official for over 17 years.  He is a member of the USA Track and Field, Pacific Association and the Northern California Basketball Officials Association in San Francisco.  Collins officiated at the US Paralympic National Track and Field Championships in 2014.

Collins can be contacted at 555 Portola Drive, Bungalow 2  San Francisco, CA 94131. (Office) 415-920-5185 and (Fax) 415-920-5189.




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