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Trigg County calls on Higgins for second tour of duty!

In selecting another coach to lead a proud tradition, the Wildcats turned to its tradition for the answer. Curtis Higgins, a guy who formerly lead the program from 1999-2006, and who posted the program’s highest ever winning percentage (.726), has been called upon to determine whether there is still a little magic left in the Hall of Fame coach’s “bag of tricks.” Higgins inherits a program which was 2-7 a year ago but which was a few injuries away from being way better than the final “won-loss ledger” would indicate. Known for high-octane offense and program discipline, Higgins saddles back up on an old mount for another tour. This will be a compelling ’26 storyline to monitor.

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It is a locally owned, independent bank which has expanded, through the years, to locations in Hopkinsville and Murray in addition to Cadiz. The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company has focused on community finance and dealing face-to-face with both families and small-business owners while fulfilling customer needs and the dreams of area families and businesses regardless of size or construct.

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Curtis Higgins has stepped out of retirement to take over the reigns to a program he led very well the first go around. Higgins coached Trigg County from 1999-2006 and won 69 of his 95-games or .726.

Well, that is the reason Higgins is our featured head coach of the week. If history should repeat itself, we may be in for quite a ride.

Cadiz, KY: Curtis Higgins is a name familiar to people around the Wildcat football program. Higgins holds an overall coaching record of 114-70, has a career winning percentage of .614, has been inducted into the Louisville Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and sports the highest winning percentage of any coach to have ever headed up Trigg County’s football program (.726).

Trigg County is coming off a three year absence from making the playoffs, a 2-7 mark, and lost its last head coach (Chris Ezell) to the consolidated school (Christian County Tigers, 6A). Trigg County is not without talent.

Cade Scott will be a junior and is back at QB having come off two competent years at the helm shortened by injury. Timmy Williams will also be a junior and he is among the best athletes around and very capable if the program can keep him off the injured reserve.

Brody Calhoun and Deonatae Edison will both be seniors. They count among the more productive and talented defenders in the 2A classification’s first district.

If the first stint is any indication, Higgins promises to bring two things back to Perdue Field. One is an explosive offensive attack. The other bus a program steeped in discipline.

Curtis Higgins first stint at Trigg was from 1999-2006. Higgins went 69-26, held a .726 winning percentage, the highest such percentage in school history. Higgins also coached in Louisville at Fern Creek and posted a 28-20 record.

Overall Curtis Higgins holds an all-time record of 114-70 and takes over the program in a similar situation as when he first accepted the reigns in 1999. Dixie Jones’s last team (1998) struggled through a 1-10 record when Higgins took the job the first time. The team went 3-7 in 1999, before going 10-2 in 2000.

From that point forward, it was a heck of a ride. Trigg County would yearly challenge for regional supremacy and even Kentucky-wide contention the rest of the time Higgins strolled that sideline.

Can Higgins do it a second time? Well, that is the plan.

We believe Higgins will breathe some life into the program similar to his first stint. It won’t be easy and any success he has will be dependent on him avoiding the same type injuries which plagued the team over the previous seasons.

The Wildcats were 2-7 in 2025 but it should be remembered the team dropped consecutive one-pointers to two pretty good ball clubs that may have turned that season around had they gone the other way. Trigg County opponents are familiar with Higgins and remember getting waxed by him the last go around. That might put a target on the Wildcat’s back going forward. There are some coaches around western Kentucky who may envision a little “pay back.”

Can Higgins re-establish some overall program development and the type success his Tigers and he enjoyed during his first tour of duty? If it is to do that, it will require the type offensive thirst and program discipline he’s known for instilling.

We know this, the Wildcats will be excellently coached and excellently prepared. We like this program’s track record. We love this program’s potential trajectory.

This offseason will go along way in answering questions. Regardless, seeing the answers revealed should prove entirely interesting. 

Let’s just hope Coach Higgins still has some magic and a trick or two in the old coaching bag. That would really get this program off on the right foot in 2026!

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