Erin Higgins

Erin Higgins finished her second season as an assistant coach on Ben Briney's staff in the fall of 2018.

Prior to Truman State, Higgins came to Kirksville after a successful three-year tenure as the head coach for the Blue Devils of Davenport Central High School in Iowa.

With Higgins at the helm, Central only ascended after she took over and improved its finishes in the Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) from eighth in 2014 to fifth in 2015 and fourth in the fall of 2016. During that span, Higgins coached 10 All-Conference, three All-Metro and three All-District performers.

Throughout those three seasons, the Bettendorf, Iowa native organized and created practice plans, supervised all assistant coaches, coordinated the travel arrangements, prepared scouting reports, assisted with the strength and conditioning program, facilitated fundraising, directed youth and high school summer camps, and implemented weekly grade checks among several other duties as assigned.

Higgins played her collegiate volleyball in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) at Missouri-St. Louis as a four-year starter/letterwinner at right side for the Tritons. The Pleasant Valley product was named First-Team All-GLVC in 2009 before second-team nods in both 2010 and 2011 when she was a senior co-captain. In the program's record book for a career, she is seventh in three different categories including kills (1,027), attempts (2,627) and block assists (244).

Higgins has also seen coaching stints at the Platform Elite Volleyball Club in the Quad Cities since 2013 and the Lady D's Youth Feeder Program in Davenport since 2014. In July of 2015, she coached at the University of Iowa's Summer All-Skills Camp and held the same role in July of 2016 at the University of Illinois.