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American ice hockey coach
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Male
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(Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jim Higgins is a retired American ice hockey player and coach. Higgins is most remembered for his time at Princeton, coaching the Tigers for 14 years after spending the preceding decade building a coaching career. While Higgins failed to produce a single winning season during his time as a college head coach he is nevertheless the winningest ice hockey coach at Princeton since World War II . In recognition of his career Higgins was awarded the John "Snooks" Kelly Founders Award in 2013.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1960–61 | Boston University | NCAA | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate Red Raiders (ECAC Hockey) | |||||||||
| 1975–76 | Colgate | 9-16-0 | 6-14-0 | 13th | |||||
| 1976–77 | Colgate | 12-16-0 | 10-14-0 | 12th | |||||
| Colgate: | 21-32-0 | 16-28-0 | |||||||
| Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) | |||||||||
| 1977–78 | Princeton | 9-14-2 | 7-13-1 | 14th | |||||
| 1978–79 | Princeton | 5-17-4 | 2-15-4 | 16th | |||||
| 1979–80 | Princeton | 11-15-0 | 9-12-0 | 11th | |||||
| 1980–81 | Princeton | 12-13-0 | 10-11-0 | t-10th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Princeton | 9-14-3 | 7-12-2 | 13th | |||||
| 1982–83 | Princeton | 9-14-2 | 7-12-2 | 13th | |||||
| 1983–84 | Princeton | 6-18-1 | 5-15-1 | t-15th | |||||
| 1984–85 | Princeton | 12-14-2 | 7-12-2 | 8th | ECAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1985–86 | Princeton | 11-17-2 | 7-13-0 | 9th | |||||
| 1986–87 | Princeton | 8-17-1 | 7-14-1 | 10th | |||||
| 1987–88 | Princeton | 12-15-1 | 11-10-1 | t-6th | ECAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1988–89 | Princeton | 6-19-1 | 4-17-1 | 11th | |||||
| 1989–90 | Princeton | 12-14-1 | 11-10-1 | 7th | ECAC First Round | ||||
| 1990–91 | Princeton | 8-18-1 | 7-14-0 | 10th | ECAC First Round | ||||
| Princeton: | 130-219-21 | 101-180-16 | |||||||
| Total: | 151-251-21 | ||||||||
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