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Higgins Joins App State Football as Chief of Staff

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BOONE, N.C. — App State Football head coach Dowell Loggains announced Wednesday the hiring of former college head coach and NFL assistant coach Kevin Higgins as Chief of Staff/Pass Game Specialist.

Higgins has head coaching experience at Lehigh (1994-2000) and The Citadel (2005-13), was a position coach with the Detroit Lions (2001-04) and spent the last 11 years at Wake Forest, serving as associate head coach and wide receivers coach (2014-22) and general manager (2023-24).

"We're excited to welcome Kevin, and his wife, Kay, to the App Family," Loggains said. "Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge from his experience as a college head coach as well as coaching in the NFL.