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HOLMON WIGGINS
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THE WI GG I NS F I L E
Experience:
15th season/2nd at Virginia Tech
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
San Pedro (1998)
College:
New Mexico (2003)
Playing Exp:
New Mexico (1998-2001)
Family:
Wife – Dominique, Daughters –
Justyce, Karyn, Brooklyn and Journye
COACH I NG H I STORY
Year
School
Position
2016-17 Virginia Tech
Wide Receivers
2012-15 Memphis
Wide Receivers
2011
Tulsa
Running Backs
2006-10 Illinois State
Running Backs
2005 New Mexico
Graduate Assistant
2003-04 New Mexico
Student Assistant
BOWL GAMES / PLAYOF FS
COACHED ( 7 )
2016 Belk
Virginia Tech
2015 Birmingham*
Memphis
2014 Miami Beach
Memphis
2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Tulsa
2006 FCS Playoffs
Illinois State
2003 Emerald
New Mexico
2003 Las Vegas
New Mexico
*Joined Virginia Tech prior to bowl game
PROMI NENT PUP I LS
RB Ja’Terian Douglas
Second-team All-Conference USA at Tulsa in 2010
WR Isaiah Ford D7-2017 – Miami
Owns Tech career records for receptions (210), yards
(2,967) and TD catches (24)
WR Mose Frazier
Registered 135 receptions for 1,599 yards and eight TDs
in three seasons at Memphis
TE
Bucky Hodges D6-2017 – Minnesota
Most prolific tight end in Tech history with 133 catches for
1,747 yards with 20 TDs
WR Keiwone Malone
Produced 126 catches for 1,497 yards with nine TDs at
Memphis
RB Pierre Rembert
AP All-America (2006); Illinois State
single-season record 1,743 rushing yards
RB Trey Watts
FA 2014 – St. Louis
Honorable Mention All-Conference USA at Tulsa
PLAY I NG H I GHL I GHTS
• A four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at running
back for New Mexico (1998-2001), he finished his career
with 1,833 rushing yards, the 14th-most in school history.
He also remains the Lobos’ single-season leader in punt
returns (46) and punt return yardage (392) – both set in
2000 – and ranks 12th all-time in all-purpose yards with
2,912 yards.
• Named the Los Angeles Class 4A Player of the Year as a
senior at San Pedro High School.
COACH I NG H I GHL I GHTS
• Enters his second season with the Hokies after spending
four seasons in the same capacity at Memphis.
• Well-versed in the offensive philosophy of head coach
Justin Fuente and offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen,
Wiggins’relationship with that duo and current Tech offensive
line coach Vance Vice dates back to their time together at
Illinois State.
• Part of a staff that helped guide Tech’s offense to 10
single-season records in 2016, including points (490),
passing first downs (172), TD passes (31), total offense
(6,223), completion pct. (62.1%), passing yards (3,660) and
pass completions (279).
• Helped continue the ascent of WR Isaiah Ford, who broke
his own Tech single-season record with 79 receptions in
2016, registering 1,094 yards and seven TDs in the process.
• Also tutored WR Cam Phillips, who earned Belk Bowl
MVP honors and concluded his junior campaign by setting
personal bests in receptions (76), receiving yards (983)
and TDs (five). Those 76 catches were the second-best
season mark in school history behind only Ford, who had 79
receptions a year ago.
• An integral component of Fuente’s staff that helped lead
Memphis to 19 victories and back-to-back bowl appearances
in 2014-15. That amazing run featured a 15-game winning
streak, the school’s first conference championship since
1971 and a double-overtime win over BYU in the Miami
Beach Bowl.
• Inherits an All-ACC pass catcher in WR Isaiah Ford, who
set single-season Tech records with 75 receptions for 1,164
yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2015.
• Drastically improved the production of the wide receivers
corps at Memphis. That position accounted for 125
receptions for 1,417 yards and eight touchdowns in 2012
and made incremental gains each subsequent season.
• Memphis wideouts registered 148 receptions, 1,687 yards
and four TDs in 2013 and upped that total to 205 receptions
for 2,422 yards and 14 TDs in 2014 before hauling in 255
passes for 3,277 yards and 19 TDs in 2015.
• In total, Memphis registered 53 total receiving scores
in 2014-15, compared to only 24 TD passes in the two
seasons before Wiggins accompanied Fuente to the school.
• Under Wiggins’ tutelage, WR Mose Frazier (who began
his career at Arkansas-Pine Bluff) enjoyed a breakout senior
campaign in 2015, leading the Tigers with 70 catches for
797 yards, while adding four scores.
• The Tigers ranked 18th in passing offense (307.5 ypg)
among FBS squads and were 19th in total offense (486.9
ypg) in 2015, while finishing 11th in scoring offense (40.2
ppg). Memphis also ranked eighth in the nation in third-down
conversions at 48.8 percent (101 of 207).
• Memphis posted a 10-3 mark in 2014 thanks to a potent
offense that ranked 21st among FBS squads by averaging
36.2 ppg.
• Frazier and fellow WR Keiwone Malone formed a dynamic
tandem of wideouts for the Tigers in 2014, combining for 92
receptions, 1,061 yards and seven TDs.
• Joined the Memphis program after a one-year stint
coaching running backs under head coach Bill Blankenship
at Tulsa in 2010.
• His Tulsa running backs combined for 2,006 rushing yards,
while H-Back Willie Carter led Tulsa with 868 receiving yards
that season, meriting a spot on the All-Conference USA
Second Team.
• Enjoyed a five-year tour of duty coaching running backs at
Illinois State from 2006-10, helping guide the Redbirds to the
FCS quarterfinals in his initial season on the staff.
• Under his tutelage in 2006, RB Pierre Rembert earned All-
America accolades and rushed for a school-record 1,743
yards. From 2006-08, Illinois State averaged 187.7 rushing
ypg and racked up 76 rushing scores.
• Wiggins began his coaching career at his alma mater of
New Mexico after enjoying a standout playing career for the
Lobos.