Riggs Resigns As Georgia Southern Head Rifle Coach
5/24/2017 2:45:00 PM | Women's Rifle
Search for new coach already underway
STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern director of athletics Tom Kleinlein announced Wednesday the resignation of head rifle coach Jim Riggs. Under Riggs's direction, the Eagles won the 2017 Southern Conference Air Rifle Championship, the first in the program's short four-year history.
Riggs joined the rifle program as the head coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles in 2015 and recently completed his second successful season. Riggs is an investigator with Bulloch County Sherriff's office and a 17-year veteran law enforcement officer.
"The rifle program has come a long ways in four short years, and Coach Riggs has a lot to do with that," Kleinlein said. "I would like to thank Jim for all he did to elevate the Georgia Southern program to the championship-caliber program that it is now. Jim ran a first-class program and we wish him well in his future endeavors."
A search for the next head coach is already underway. The athletics department will not make further comments on the search for the next head coach until the process is complete.
Riggs joined the rifle program as the head coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles in 2015 and recently completed his second successful season. Riggs is an investigator with Bulloch County Sherriff's office and a 17-year veteran law enforcement officer.
"The rifle program has come a long ways in four short years, and Coach Riggs has a lot to do with that," Kleinlein said. "I would like to thank Jim for all he did to elevate the Georgia Southern program to the championship-caliber program that it is now. Jim ran a first-class program and we wish him well in his future endeavors."
A search for the next head coach is already underway. The athletics department will not make further comments on the search for the next head coach until the process is complete.
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