Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Higgins New Head Hoop Coach At Colerain

By Mike Dyer

Kevin Higgins said “it was everything you want in a job.”

That’s how the new Colerain head boys’ basketball coach described his situation after being officially named Monday morning by incoming athletic director Dan Bolden.

“We think he is our right choice,” Bolden said. “He talks a lot about teaching. He is very student-athlete centered in and out of the classroom.”

Higgins, 30, is a St. Xavier graduate. He coached at Western Hills last season and Aiken four years prior to the Mustangs.

Higgins said he believes it’s an opportunity to help establish the program in the always-competitive Greater Miami Conference.

“It’s going to take some hard work and a commitment from the coaching staff and players,” Higgins said. “It’s getting the kids to believe they will win.”

Former coach Rex Brooking left the position to become an assistant principal, Bolden said. The Cardinals were 6-15 in Brooking’s one season as coach.