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Jeff Higgins was announced as the Roughriders assistant special teams coach on Jan 15. 2024.

In his first season with the Green and White, Higgins helped special team’s coordinator Kent Maugeri command a unit that led the league in special teams tackles (159) and had the second highest average kickoff yardage in the CFL (68.1).

He most recently spent time with the Orlando Predators of the Arena League (2019, 2021-22), serving as the head coach (2022) and the strength and conditioning coach, special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach (2019, 2021). He also coached in the FCS Bowl (2020-2023) and the SPIRAL Tropical Bowl. No stranger to the Canadian game, Higgins was a guest coach at four CFL training camps from 2016 to 2019.

Deeply invested in football’s grassroots, Higgins spent 17 years as a head coach at the high school level in Florida and New York, including 10 years with Corinth Central School.