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Tom Higgins (Canadian football)

Tom Higgins
Date of birth (1954-07-13) July 13, 1954 (age 62)
Place of birth Woodbridge, New Jersey
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) LB
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg)
College North Carolina State
High school Colonia
Career history
As administrator
19941996 Edmonton Eskimos (Asst. GM)
19972001 Edmonton Eskimos (GM/COO)
20012004 Edmonton Eskimos (GM)
20082013 CFL Director of Officiating
As coach
1982–1984 University of Calgary (DC)
19851987 Calgary Stampeders (DL coach)
1988 Calgary Stampeders (OL coach)
19891990 Calgary Stampeders (OC)
19911992 Calgary Stampeders (DL coach)
1993 Calgary Stampeders (Asst. HC)
20012004 Edmonton Eskimos (HC)
20052007 Calgary Stampeders (HC)
20142015 Montreal Alouettes (HC)
As player
19761978 Calgary Stampeders
1979 Buffalo Bills
1980 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion As HC 2003; as AC 1992
  • Vanier Cup champion 1983
Awards 2003 Annis Stukus Trophy
2005 Annis Stukus Trophy
Career stats

Thomas Joseph John Higgins, Jr. (born July 13, 1954 in Colonia, New Jersey) is a former head coach in the Canadian Football League. Higgins previously served as the Director of Officiating for the Canadian Football League and a former Canadian and American football player coach and General Manager.

Higgins, the son of a former Philadelphia Eagles tackle, Tom Higgins, Sr., was a high school football standout at Colonia High School in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. He played linebacker at North Carolina State University. He was an All-American and was a starter in four consecutive bowl games. He was also an All-American wrestler at NC State.

After graduating from college in 1976, Higgins attempted to enter the National Football League, but was not selected in the 1976 NFL Draft. He instead played in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders for three years. In 1979, Higgins was signed by the Buffalo Bills and played one year in the United States, before returning to Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL.


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