Colby Blaine begins his fifth season with the College of Southern Idaho men’s basketball program. Blaine has accumulated a 110-28 record while at CSI. During Blaine’s second year, the Golden Eagles became the 2010-2011 regular season and region 18 tournament champions. That success led CSI back to Hutchinson, Kansas, for the national tournament where the Golden Eagles won four straight games, defeating Midland College in the championship and were crowned the 2011 NJCAA National Champions. In Blaine’s four seasons with CSI, he has worked closely with 26 players that have moved onto NCAA Division I or four year programs, including the 2011 National Player of the Year, Pierre Jackson (Baylor). Blaine has also coached back to back region 18 championship teams, back to back region 18 players of the year (Pierre Jackson 2011 and Fabyon Harris 2012), and four All-Americans (Pierre Jackson, Fabyon Harris, Jerrold Brooks, Ralph Guthrie). Along with that success, Blaine can now add two NBA draft picks including Carrick Felix who was selected 33rd in 2013 NBA draft to the Cleveland Cavilers and Pierre Jackson who was selected 42nd to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Blaine started his coaching career at The University of Montana Western where he was an assistant under Montana Hall of Fame Coach, Steve Keller. In two seasons with the Bulldogs, Blaine helped develop a strong recruiting base in the Northwest, which has led them to a top 25 ranking and to the NAIA national tournament.
Blaine grew up in Boise, ID where he graduated from Boise High School in 2005. After high school, Blaine attended Blue Mountain Community College where he was a member of the men’s basketball team. He graduated from BMCC in 2007 with his associate of arts degree. Blaine then attended The University of Montana Western where he graduated Suma Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in social science/history in the spring of 2009. Upon graduation, he made the move to CSI and graduated from Idaho State University with his Masters in Athletic Administration during the summer of 2011.
Coach Blaine has amassed some great accolades and experiences during his career so far, which started while traveling the country working camps. As a college student, Blaine worked camps across the country including Boise State, Montana, Montana State, Utah, Stanford, Duke and Maryland. Blaine was also the founder and director of TRDcamps.com, LLC, which provided basketball camps for more than 500 athletes in Eastern Oregon during the 2006-08 summers. Along with camps, Blaine worked with the Idaho Select AAU program from 2009-2012 as the head coach for the U17 team.
Blaine is the son of Rob Blaine and Dana Nelson. He has an older brother, Ryan, and older sister, Cassidy.
