He joined the Student Army Training Corps along with nearly 170 other men and served until the armistice was signed on November 11.

After a year there, he returned to his alma mater as an assistant physical director and coach of both the baseball and ice hockey programs.

[4] While their cries and petitions did help allow Wiggin to finish out the season for both the ice hockey and baseball teams, the school stood by its decision.

On New Year's Day, Dave Morey was hired as the head coach for all three programs and was to begin his tenure the following fall.

[5] Wiggin helmed the Cardinals baseball team for five years but, after posting a losing record in each season, he was dismissed in 1934.