Rod Higgins
Personal information
Born (1960-01-31) January 31, 1960 (age 66)
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolThornton Township
(Harvey, Illinois)
CollegeFresno State (1978–1982)
NBA draft1982: 2nd round, 31st overall pick
Drafted byChicago Bulls
Playing career1982–1994
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number22, 55, 21, 23, 32
Coaching career1994–2000
Career history
Playing
1982–1985Chicago Bulls
1985Seattle SuperSonics
1985–1986Tampa Bay Thrillers
1986San Antonio Spurs
1986New Jersey Nets
1986Chicago Bulls
1986–1992Golden State Warriors
1992–1993Sacramento Kings
1992Olympiacos
1993–1994Cleveland Cavaliers
1994Golden State Warriors
Coaching
1994–2000Golden State Warriors (assistant)
Career highlights
Career NBA statistics
Points7,011 (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds2,819 (3.6 rpg)
Assists1,254 (1.6 apg)
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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.[1] He was selected as the CBA Playoff/Finals Most Valuable Player.[2]

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.[3] In 2011, he became the team's president of basketball operations after Rich Cho was hired as general manager.[4] On June 13, 2014, Higgins stepped down as President of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Hornets.[5][6]

Higgins was the first professional basketball player to play for four NBA teams in one season.[a] In the 1985–86 season, he played for the Seattle Supersonics, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Jersey Nets, and the Chicago Bulls.[7]

Career playing statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

NBA

Source[8]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982–83 Chicago 82 42 26.8 .448 .317 .792 4.5 2.1 .8 .8 10.3
1983–84 Chicago 78 6 20.2 .447 .045 .724 2.6 1.5 .6 .4 6.4
1984–85 Chicago 68 5 13.9 .441 .270 .667 2.2 1.1 .3 .2 4.5
1985–86 Seattle 12 0 7.8 .333 .250 .600 1.0 .5 .2 .1 1.8
San Antonio 11 0 11.6 .450 .000 .688 2.2 1.1 .2 .3 4.3
New Jersey 2 0 14.5 .188 .000 – 4.0 .5 .5 2.0 3.0
Chicago 5 0 16.2 .391 .000 .833 1.4 1.0 .8 .6 4.6
1986–87 Golden State 73 28 20.5 .519 .176 .833 3.2 1.3 .5 .3 8.6
1987–88 Golden State 68 67 32.2 .526 .487 .848 4.3 2.8 1.0 .5 15.5
1988–89 Golden State 81 1 23.3 .476 .393 .821 4.6 2.0 .5 .5 10.6
1989–90 Golden State 82* 22 24.3 .481 .347 .821 5.1 1.6 .6 .6 11.1
1990–91 Golden State 82* 9 24.7 .463 .332 .819 4.3 1.4 .6 .5 9.5
1991–92 Golden State 25 6 21.4 .412 .347 .814 3.4 .9 .6 .5 10.2
1992–93 Sacramento 69 4 20.7 .412 .323 .861 2.8 1.7 .7 .4 8.3
1993–94 Cleveland 36 11 15.2 .436 .440 .738 2.3 1.0 .7 .4 5.4
1994–95 Golden State 5 2 9.2 .250 .167 .750 1.4 .6 .2 .2 2.0
Career 779 203 22.1 .465 .342 .808 3.6 1.6 .6 .5 9.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1985 Chicago 1 0 1.0 – – – .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
1987 Golden State 10 8 17.7 .391 1.000 .667 2.1 1.2 1.1 .6 4.3
1989 Golden State 8 7 33.4 .488 .286 .853 7.4 2.5 1.6 .9 14.9
1991 Golden State 9 3 23.8 .426 .308 .821 3.2 2.0 .2 .9 9.2
1992 Golden State 2 2 8.5 .400 .000 1.000 .0 .5 .5 .0 3.0
1994 Cleveland 3 2 19.0 .364 .286 .500 1.3 1.3 .3 .3 3.7
Career 33 22 22.2 .439 .296 .813 3.4 1.7 .8 .7 7.9

NBA GM record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Result
GS 2004–05 34 48 .414 5th in Pacific Division – – Missed playoffs
GS 2005–06 34 48 .414 5th in Pacific Division – – Missed playoffs
GS 2006–07 42 40 .512 3rd in Pacific Division 5 6 Lost In Second Round
CHA 2007–08 32 50 .390 4th in Southeast Division – – Missed playoffs
CHA 2008–09 35 47 .426 4th in Southeast Division – – Missed playoffs
CHA 2009–10 44 38 .537 4th in Southeast Division 0 4 Lost In First Round
CHA 2010–11 34 48 .414 4th in Southeast Division – – Missed playoffs
Total 256 313 .449 0 Division
Titles		 5 10 0 Championships

Notes

  1. ^ There were four previous instances of professional basketballers playing on four NBA or ABA teams in one season: Steve Chubin (twice), Ken Wilburn, and Rich Johnson. However, both of Chubin's four-team seasons (1968–69 and 1969–70) exclusively involved the ABA as he never played in the NBA, and both Wilburn (1968–69) and Johnson (1970–71) played for three ABA teams and one NBA team in their respective seasons.[7]

References

  1. ^ "1985-86 Tampa Bay Thrillers Statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Rod Higgins minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "Bobcats hire Warriors general manager Higgins". ESPN.com. May 31, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Olson, Casey (June 15, 2011). "Decatur grad, Rich Cho, hired as the Charlotte Bobcats' new general manager". Federal Way Mirror. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Polacek, Scott. "Rod Higgins Steps Down as Hornets' President of Basketball Operations". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Hornets' Higgins resigns as team president". ESPN.com. June 13, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Bradley, Robert; Grasso, John (2014). "Most Teams in a Career and in a Season". apbr.org. Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  8. ^ "Rod Higgins NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2026.