Title: | Assistant Coach |
Email: | michelehiggins@sjcme.edu |
Year: | 2nd Season |
Michele Higgins joins the women's basketball staff this year
after coaching JV basketball at Gorham High School. Prior to
last year, Higgins coached JV, assisted with the Varsity girls'
program, and directed the summer girls' basketball camp at Norfolk
Academy in Norfolk, Virginia while teaching elementary physical
education.
While in college, Higgins played under Curt Smyth, a former St.
Joseph's College assistant coach under Mike McDevitt.
Higgins, formerly Michele Plant, was a four-year starter and
three-year captain at the University of New England ('01).
She was an all-conference and all-state player, and helped lead her
team to a Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship her senior
year. Higgins is currently ranked 5th on the all-time scoring
list, 3rd in steals, and 3rd in three-pointers at UNE. She
was also an all-conference and all-state player on the softball
team. She graduated with a B.S. in Sport and Fitness
Management from UNE and an M.S. Ed. in Physical Education with a
specialization in Sport Management from Old Dominion
University.
Higgins attended Gorham High school and was a three-sport athlete.
She was inducted into the GHS Hall of Fame in 2007.
Currently, Higgins teaches Physical Education at Westbrook Middle
School and resides in Gorham.