Patrick Higgins
Patrick Higgins went 1–10 as a head coach, 1992–2012, at William Penn and Purdue. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1992 at William Penn. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 1–10 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2012 6–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | William Penn * | 1–9 | 8th | |||
| 1993–11: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2012 | Purdue interim, bowl game | 0–1 | Heart of Dallas Bowl L | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own one games on file, 2012, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | St. Cloud State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1990 | Quincy (IL) | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1991 | Quincy (IL) | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1992 | William Penn | Head coach | |
| 1993 | Saint Andrew’s School (GA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1994–96 | Shepherd | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks, wide receivers and special teams coach | |
| 1997 | Columbia | Running backs coach | |
| 1998–99 | UTEP | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2000–03 | UTEP | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2004 | Louisiana Tech | Tight ends and special teams coach | |
| 2005–10 | BYU | Outside receivers and special teams coach | |
| 2011–12 | Purdue | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2012 | Purdue | Interim head coach | |
| 2013–15 | UTEP | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016–17 | Virginia | Analyst |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ray TellierColumbia
- Charlie BaileyUTEP
- Gary NordUTEP
- Jack Bicknell Jr.Louisiana Tech
- Bronco MendenhallBYU, Virginia
- Danny HopePurdue
- Sean KuglerUTEP
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gary NordUTEP
- Shawn ClarkApp State
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Tellier | Columbia | 1997 | Running backs coach | |
| Charlie Bailey | UTEP | 1998–99 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Gary Nord | UTEP | 2000–03 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Jack Bicknell Jr. | Louisiana Tech | 2004 | Tight ends and special teams coach | |
| Bronco Mendenhall | BYU | 2005–10 | Outside receivers and special teams coach | |
| Danny Hope | Purdue | 2011–12 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Sean Kugler | UTEP | 2013–15 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bronco Mendenhall | Virginia | 2016–17 | Analyst |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Nord | Purdue, 2012: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UTEP | |
| Shawn Clark | Purdue, 2012: offensive line coach | App State |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Wolthausen | Purdue, 2012: defensive line coach | |
| Tim Tibesar | Purdue, 2012: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | UTEP | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $77,378 | $203,135 USA Today | |
| 2014 | UTEP | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $74,917 | $194,750 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.