Coaches
Patrick Higgins
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Patrick Higgins
Played at William Penn 1982-1985
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | St. Cloud State | Position | WR | not known |
| 1990 | Quincy | OC | OC | not known |
| 1991 | Quincy | DC | DC | not known |
| 1992 | William Penn | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1993 | Saint Andrew's School (GA) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1994-1996 | Shepherd | OC | OC/QB/WR/ST | not known |
| 1997 | Columbia | Position | RB | not known |
| 1998-1999 | UTEP | Position | WR | not known |
| 2000-2003 | UTEP | OC | OC | Gary Nord |
| 2004 | Louisiana Tech | ST coord. | TE/ST | Jack Bicknell |
| 2005-2010 | BYU | ST coord. | OWR/ST | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2011-2012 | Purdue | Position | WR | Danny Hope |
| 2012 | Purdue | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Danny Hope |
| 2013-2015 | UTEP | OC | OC/QB✓ | Sean Kugler |
| 2016-2017 | Virginia | Analyst | analyst | Bronco Mendenhall* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | UTEP | Offensive coordinator | 98 | 93 | 115 | 93 | 125 |
| 2014 | UTEP | Offensive coordinator | 97 | 77 | 87 | 98 | 128 |
| 2015 | UTEP | Offensive coordinator | 119 | 104 | 110 | 97 | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | William Penn | Division III | 1-9 |
Worked under
- Gary Nord · UTEP 2000-2003 (OC)
- Jack Bicknell · Louisiana Tech 2004 (Position, ST coord.)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2005-2010 (Position, ST coord.)
- Danny Hope · Purdue 2011-2012 (Position)
- Sean Kugler · UTEP 2013-2015 (OC, Position)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Virginia 2016-2017 (Analyst)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Barney Cotton · St. Cloud State 1989 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Casteel · Shepherd 1994-1996 · him OC, Position, ST coord., them DC, Other
- Dan Mullen* · Columbia 1997 · him Position, them Position
- Gary Nord · UTEP 1998-2003 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, OC
- Sean Kugler · UTEP 1998-2015 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Jeff Casteel · UTEP 2000 · him OC, them Position
- Jack Bicknell · Louisiana Tech 2004 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Randy Bates · Louisiana Tech 2004 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Tim Rose · Louisiana Tech 2004 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
- Brian Mitchell · BYU 2005 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2005-2010 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Jeff Grimes · BYU 2005-2006 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Robert Anae · BYU 2005-2010 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Jaime Hill · BYU 2006-2010 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
- Paul Peterson · BYU 2006 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Jason Beck · BYU 2007 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Nick Howell · BYU 2007-2010 · him Position, ST coord., them GA, Position
- Kelly Poppinga · BYU 2009 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Shaun Nua · BYU 2009-2010 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Danny Hope · Purdue 2011-2012 · him Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Gary Emanuel · Purdue 2011 · him Position, them DC
- Gary Nord · Purdue 2011-2012 · him Head coach, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Phil Elmassian · Purdue 2011 · him Position, them Position
- Shawn Clark · Purdue 2011-2012 · him Head coach, Position, them Position
- Kevin Wolthausen · Purdue 2012 · him Head coach, Position, them Position
- Tim Tibesar · Purdue 2012 · him Head coach, Position, them DC, Position
- Brian Natkin · UTEP 2013-2015 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Scott Stoker · UTEP 2013-2015 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Todd Whitten · UTEP 2013-2015 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Virginia 2016-2017 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- Jason Beck · Virginia 2016-2017 · him Analyst, them Position
- Kelly Poppinga · Virginia 2016-2017 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Nick Howell · Virginia 2016-2017 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Robert Anae · Virginia 2016-2017 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Ruffin McNeill · Virginia 2016 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Vic So'oto · Virginia 2016-2017 · him Analyst, them GA, Position