Kurtiss Riggs is an American football coach and former quarterback. He was a coach with the Sioux Falls Storm from 2002 to 2023, all but the first as head coach. During his tenure as head coach the team set a professional gridiron football record with 40 consecutive wins, and he led the team to four undefeated seasons. Riggs was also an assistant coach on national championship winning teams at the Sioux Falls Cougars.
Riggs played college football for the University of Sioux Falls where he led the Cougars to win the schools first NAIA National Championship in 1996. He was selected to the All-American team and led the nation with 55 touchdown passes that season. In 1998, Riggs signed and played professionally in Europe for the La Courneuve Flash in France Championnat Élite Division 1. He also played for the Sioux Falls Storm in the Indoor Football League in 2000–2001, before taking over as head coach in 2002.
Riggs retired after the 2023 IFL National Championship game, after winning 11 league titles and seven IFL Championships.
Head coaching record League Team Year Regular season PostseasonWonLostWin %Finish Won Lost Win % Result NIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2003 10 4 2nd in Western Pacific 0 1 .000 NIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2004 11 3 4th in NC East 2 1 NIFL total 21 7 2 2 UIF Sioux Falls Storm 2005 8 8 3rd in Northern Division 3 0 UIF Sioux Falls Storm 2006 15 0 1st in Western Division 3 0 UIF Sioux Falls Storm 2007 15 0 1st in Western Division 3 0 UIF Sioux Falls Storm 2008 11 3 1st in Western Division 3 0 UIF total 49 11 12 0 4 championshipsIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2009 6 3 4th in United Central 0 0 IFL Sioux Falls Storm 2010 11 3 1st in United Central West 2 1 Lost in United Bowl to Billings Outlaws IFL Sioux Falls Storm 2011 13 1 1st in United Great Plains 3 0 Defeated Tri-Cities Fever in United Bowl IFL Sioux Falls Storm 2012 14 0 1st in United Conference 3 0 Defeated Tri-Cities Fever in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2013 10 4 1st in United Central West 2 1 Defeated Tri-Cities Fever in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2014 13 1 1st in United Central West 2 0 Defeated Nebraska Danger in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2015 14 0 1st in United Central West 2 0 Defeated Nebraska Danger in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2016 15 1 1st in United Central West 2 0 Defeated Spokane Shock in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2017 15 1 1st in IFL 1 1 Lost to Arizona Rattlers in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2018 11 3 3rd in IFL 1 1 Lost to Iowa Barnstormers in United BowlIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2019 11 3 3rd in IFL 3 0 Defeated Arizona Rattlers in United Bowl2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemicIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2021 6 7 8th in IFL 0 1 Lost to Arizona Rattlers in 1st RoundIFL Sioux Falls Storm 2022 8 8 5th in East IFLSioux Falls Storm202375.5832nd in East21.666Lost to Bay Area Panthers in United BowlIFL total 154 40 23 6 7 championshipsCareer total 224 58 37 7 11 championships
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