Gerry Collins is a Brisbane-based sports commentator and writer for ABC Radio Grandstand. He was born in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia and attended St Brigid's Primary School at Raymond Terrace and Marist Brothers' College in Hamilton before gaining a teaching qualification at Newcastle Teachers' College. His teaching career ultimately took him to Dubbo in western New South Wales. In 1984, he became a sports broadcaster with the ABC, and his major Games swimming coverage began in 1986 with that year's Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.