Roderick Dwayne Higgins (born January 31, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who formerly served as president of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets. He is also the father of former Charlotte Bobcats point guard Cory Higgins.
A 6'7" forward from California State University, Fresno, Higgins played 13 seasons (1982–1994) in the NBA as a member of the Chicago Bulls, the Seattle SuperSonics, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Jersey Nets, the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He averaged 9.0 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game during his NBA career.
Higgins played for the Tampa Bay Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1985–86 season and won the CBA championship. He was selected as the CBA Playoff/Finals Most Valuable Player.
After his playing career ended Higgins served as an assistant coach with the Warriors until 2000 when he was named assistant general manager of the Washington Wizards. He was re-hired by the Warriors on May 20, 2004, joining former teammate Chris Mullin in the team's front office.
On May 31, 2007, he was hired as the second general manager of the Charlotte Hornets (then the Charlotte Bobcats), replacing Bernie Bickerstaff. In 2011, he became the team's president of basketball operations after Rich Cho was hired as general manager. On June 13, 2014, Higgins stepped down as President of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Hornets.
Higgins was the first professional basketball player to play for four NBA teams in one season. In the 1985–86 season, he played for the Seattle Supersonics, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Jersey Nets, and the Chicago Bulls.
Career playing statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 82 || 42 || 26.8 || .448 || .317 || .792 || 4.5 || 2.1 || .8 || .8 || 10.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 78 || 6 || 20.2 || .447 || .045 || .724 || 2.6 || 1.5 || .6 || .4 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 68 || 5 || 13.9 || .441 || .270 || .667 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .3 || .2 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"rowspan="4"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 12 || 0 || 7.8 || .333 || .250 || .600 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 1.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 11 || 0 || 11.6 || .450 || .000 || .688 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .2 || .3 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey | 2 || 0 || 14.5 || .188 || .000 || – || 4.0 || .5 || .5 || 2.0 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 5 || 0 || 16.2 || .391 || .000 || .833 || 1.4 || 1.0 || .8 || .6 || 4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 73 || 28 || 20.5 || .519 || .176 || .833 || 3.2 || 1.3 || .5 || .3 || 8.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 68 || 67 || 32.2 || .526 || .487 || .848 || 4.3 || 2.8 || 1.0 || .5 || 15.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 81 || 1 || 23.3 || .476 || .393 || .821 || 4.6 || 2.0 || .5 || .5 || 10.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | style="background:#cfecec;" |82* || 22 || 24.3 || .481 || .347 || .821 || 5.1 || 1.6 || .6 || .6 || 11.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | style="background:#cfecec;" |82* || 9 || 24.7 || .463 || .332 || .819 || 4.3 || 1.4 || .6 || .5 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 25 || 6 || 21.4 || .412 || .347 || .814 || 3.4 || .9 || .6 || .5 || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 69 || 4 || 20.7 || .412 || .323 || .861 || 2.8 || 1.7 || .7 || .4 || 8.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 36 || 11 || 15.2 || .436 || .440 || .738 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .7 || .4 || 5.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 5 || 2 || 9.2 || .250 || .167 || .750 || 1.4 || .6 || .2 || .2 || 2.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 779 || 203 || 22.1 || .465 || .342 || .808 || 3.6 || 1.6 || .6 || .5 || 9.0
Playoffs
| style="text-align:left;"| 1985 | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 1 || 0 || 1.0 || – || – || – || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1987 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 10 || 8 || 17.7 || .391 || 1.000 || .667 || 2.1 || 1.2 || 1.1 || .6 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1989 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 8 || 7 || 33.4 || .488 || .286 || .853 || 7.4 || 2.5 || 1.6 || .9 || 14.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1991 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 9 || 3 || 23.8 || .426 || .308 || .821 || 3.2 || 2.0 || .2 || .9 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1992 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 2 || 2 || 8.5 || .400 || .000 || 1.000 || .0 || .5 || .5 || .0 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1994 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 3 || 2 || 19.0 || .364 || .286 || .500 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .3 || .3 || 3.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 33 || 22 || 22.2 || .439 || .296 || .813 || 3.4 || 1.7 || .8 || .7 || 7.9
NBA GM record Team Year Regular season PostseasonWonLostWin %Finish Won Lost ResultGS2004–053448.414 5th in Pacific Division – – Missed playoffs GS2005–063448.414 5th in Pacific Division – – Missed playoffs GS2006–074240.512 3rd in Pacific Division 5 6 Lost In Second RoundCHA2007–083250.390 4th in Southeast Division – – Missed playoffsCHA2008–093547.426 4th in Southeast Division – – Missed playoffsCHA2009–104438.537 4th in Southeast Division 0 4 Lost In First RoundCHA2010–113448.414 4th in Southeast Division – – Missed playoffsTotal256313.4490 DivisionTitles 5 10 0 Championships
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References
External links
Rod Higgins: Coaching Record at Basketball Reference "Warriors Name Rod Higgins General Manager", article from http://www.nba.com/warriors 2005–2006 REPORT CARD: Chris Mullin & Rod Higgins (Golden State of Mind)