Jeff Higgins enters the CFL with a 20-year coaching history and experience leading young men.

He most recently spent time with the Orlando Predators of the Arena League (2019, 2021-22), serving as the head coach (2022) and the strength and conditioning coach, special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach (2019, 2021). He also coached in the FCS Bowl (2020-2023) and the SPIRAL Tropical Bowl. No stranger to the Canadian game, Higgins was a guest coach at four CFL training camps from 2016 to 2019.

Deeply invested in football’s grassroots, Higgins spent 17 years as a head coach at the high school level in Florida and New York, including 10 years with Corinth Central School.