He is the associate head baseball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Higgins had a batting average of .361 which led the number one ranked Sun Devils to the College World Series Championship game against Stanford University in 1988.

He played for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1993.

After spending most of his career in the minors, he made his big league debut against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 29, 1993 going 1 for 4 with a hit and driving in 2 runs.

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