Roderick Dwayne "Rod" Higgins (born January 31, 1960 in Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe, Louisiana

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) is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player who currently serves as president of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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's Charlotte Bobcats

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.

A 6'7" forward/center

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 from California State University, Fresno

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, Higgins played 13 seasons (1982–1994) in the NBA as a member of the Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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, the Seattle SuperSonics

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, the San Antonio Spurs

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, the New Jersey Nets

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, the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings

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, and the Cleveland Cavaliers

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. He averaged 9 points per game

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 and 3.6 rebounds per game during his NBA career. 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

Washington Wizards

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. He was re-hired by the Warriors on May 20, 2004, joining former teammate Chris Mullin

Chris Mullin (basketball)

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 in the team's front office.

On May 31, 2007, he was hired as the second general manager of the Charlotte Bobcats, replacing Bernie Bickerstaff

Bernie Bickerstaff

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. In 2011, he became the team's president of basketball operations after Rich Cho

Rich Cho

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 was hired as general manager.

External links

• Career stats at http://www.basketball-reference.com
• "Warriors Name Rod Higgins General Manager", article from http://www.nba.com/warriors
• 2005–2006 REPORT CARD: Chris Mullin & Rod Higgins (Golden State of Mind)