Edie Higgins

Edie Higgins begins her third year as an assistant coach.

The Former Lake Arthur High girls head coach and former McNeese graduate assistant Edie (Leonards) Higgins returned to McNeese for her second stint as a collegiate assistant coach prior to the 2016-17 season. Higgins served as a student-assistant coach for LSU-Shreveport during the 2008-09 season before serving on the Cowgirl staff during the 2009-2010 season.

Higgins began her high school coaching career in at Oak Hill High School in the 2010-11 season, serving as the junior high and high school coach for two years. She guided Oak Hills to the state playoffs in her first season at the helm. In 2011-2012 she guided her team to the district title and advanced to the playoffs, earning Coach of the Year honors.

While at Lake Arthur High, Higgins led the Lady Tigers to the district quarterfinals in her first season (2012-13) before winning the district title and taking her team all the way to the Top 28 semifinal round during the 2013-14 season. For that, Higgins was named district and All Southwest Louisiana Small Schools Coach of the Year. During the 2015-16 season, Higgins and the Lady Tigers claimed another district title and Higgins was named coach of the year. Here team advanced all the way to the state quarterfinals. In 2016, Higgins was selected to the LSWA Girls Top 28 Honor Roll team. Higgins was inducted into the Lake Arthur High Hall of Fame in 2016.

Higgins played collegiate basketball at both Louisiana College and LSU-Shreveport. While at Louisiana College, she was named to the American South Conference Freshman first team and second team all-conference as a sophomore.

Following her sophomore season, she transferred to LSU-Shreveport where she was the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the year in 2007 and was named to the as well as a first team all-conference and all-academic in 2007 and 2008. 

The native of Hackberry, Higgins was a four-sport letterwinner for the Mustangs. Her accolades include three state championships (2002-2004), Sweet 16 MVP, all-state, all-district, district MVP, and All-Southwest Louisiana.
Higgins, who was inducted into the Lake Arthur High School Hall of Fame in October, earned her bachelor’s degree Health & Physical Education from LSU-Shreveport in 2008 and her master’s degree in Health and Human Performance from McNeese in 2010. 

Edie and husband Neil have two sons- Eli and Cam. 

 


 

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