Kevin Higgins

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Kevin Higgins
Title Head coach
College The Citadel
Sport Football
Team record 16-17
Place of birth Flag of New JerseyEmerson, New Jersey
Career highlights
Overall 72-42-1
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
1995 Patriot League Champion
1998 Patriot League Champion
1999 Patriot League Champion
2000 Patriot League Champion
Awards
1995 Patriot League Coach of the Year
1998 Patriot League Coach of the Year
2000 Patriot League Coach of the Year
Playing career
1975-7 West Chester
Position Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994-2000
2001-4
2005-present		 Lehigh
Detroit Lions(QB/WR)
The Citadel

Kevin Higgins is the head football coach at The Citadel. He has held that position since 2005. His overall coaching record is 72-42-1. [1] Before The Citadel, Higgins was head football coach at Lehigh University from 1994 through 2000.

A native of Emerson, New Jersey, he played football at Emerson Jr./Sr. High School, and coached at his alma mater from 1977-78.[2]

Prior to receiving the head coaching position at Lehigh, Higgins served as an assistant at Gettysburg College and the University of Richmond. Prior to arriving at The Citadel, Higgins served as quarterbacks and wide receivers coach for the Detroit Lions.

[edit] Coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Rank#
Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Patriot League) (1994 – 2000)
1994 Lehigh 5-5-1
1995 Lehigh 8-3
1996 Lehigh 5-6
1997 Lehigh 4-7
1998 Lehigh 12-1
1999 Lehigh 10-2
2000 Lehigh 12-1
Lehigh: 56-25-1
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (2005 – present)
2005 The Citadel 4-7
2006 The Citadel 5-6
2007 The Citadel 7-4
The Citadel: 16-17
Total: 72-42-1
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Lehigh Coaching Records
  2. ^ Kevin Higgins, Detroit Lions. Accessed February 20, 2008. "He was also the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at Emerson (N.J.) High School from 1977-78. A native of Emerson, N.J., Higgins attended Emerson High School where he was captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams during his senior year."

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