Kevin Higgins: The Citadel Coach's Search for the Ring

Friday, March 05 2010

"I wear the ring."

And so begins one of the most powerful books I've ever read.

In Pat Conroy's The Lords of Discipline , a book about life as an undergraduate at The Citadel-Charleston, S.C.'s famed military school-the main character seeks the ring awarded to graduates.

But there's someone else whom you might consider to be in pursuit of that elusive metaphor of accomplishment.

He's The Citadel's head football coach, Kevin Higgins.

Higgins got his start at a small high school not too far from my home in New Jersey. As the head football coach at North Warren (N.J.) High School, Higgins began his journey.

He'd take his high school success to the college level, becoming the head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. While there, Higgins amassed a career record of 56-25-1 during his tenure-with the Mountain Hawks winning Patriot League titles in 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

It was during that time that I met and...
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