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]
↑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]
12Bradley, Robert; Grasso, John (2014). "Most Teams in a Career and in a Season". apbr.org. Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
