Alfred Nash Higgins (February 29, 1896 – October 29, 1984) was an American football and track and field coach as well as athletic director, the first in the history of the University of Tampa.

[5] Higgins coached at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida in 1926, leading his team to the state championship.

Proctor gave rival St. Petersburg High School its only loss with a field goal.

He was expected to follow Bachman as head coach, already recommended by the committee on athletics,[12] when 26-year old Dutch Stanley was hired.

[9][13] In a March 27, 1933 letter, offering the position of athletic director to Higgins, university president Frederic Spaulding wrote: "We particularly want anyone who accepts a position with us to feel enthusiastic about the school, and freely and wholeheartedly devote himself to its growth and improvement.