Jim Higgins (ice hockey)
# Jim Higgins (ice hockey)

Jim Higgins is a retired American ice hockey player and coach. Higgins is most remembered for his time at Princeton, coaching the Tigers for 14 years after spending the preceding decade building a coaching career. While Higgins failed to produce a single winning season during his time as a college head coach he is nevertheless the winningest ice hockey coach at Princeton since World War II (as of 2019). In recognition of his career Higgins was awarded the John "Snooks" Kelly Founders Award in 2013.

## Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1960–61 | Boston University | NCAA | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62 | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1962–63 | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NCAA totals | NCAA totals | NCAA totals | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colgate Red Raiders (ECAC Hockey) (1975–1977) ||||||
| 1975–76 | Colgate | 9-16-0 | 6-14-0 | 13th | |
| 1976–77 | Colgate | 12-16-0 | 10-14-0 | 12th | |
| Colgate: | Colgate: | 21-32-0 | 16-28-0 | | |
| Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) (1977–1991) ||||||
| 1977–78 | Princeton | 9-14-2 | 7-13-1 | 14th | |
| 1978–79 | Princeton | 5-17-4 | 2-15-4 | 16th | |
| 1979–80 | Princeton | 11-15-0 | 9-12-0 | 11th | |
| 1980–81 | Princeton | 12-13-0 | 10-11-0 | t-10th | |
| 1981–82 | Princeton | 9-14-3 | 7-12-2 | 13th | |
| 1982–83 | Princeton | 9-14-2 | 7-12-2 | 13th | |
| 1983–84 | Princeton | 6-18-1 | 5-15-1 | t-15th | |
| 1984–85 | Princeton | 12-14-2 | 7-12-2 | 8th | ECAC Quarterfinals |
| 1985–86 | Princeton | 11-17-2 | 7-13-0 | 9th | |
| 1986–87 | Princeton | 8-17-1 | 7-14-1 | 10th | |
| 1987–88 | Princeton | 12-15-1 | 11-10-1 | t-6th | ECAC Quarterfinals |
| 1988–89 | Princeton | 6-19-1 | 4-17-1 | 11th | |
| 1989–90 | Princeton | 12-14-1 | 11-10-1 | 7th | ECAC First Round |
| 1990–91 | Princeton | 8-18-1 | 7-14-0 | 10th | ECAC First Round |
| Princeton: | Princeton: | 130-219-21 | 101-180-16 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 151-251-21 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
