Bio

Coach Wiggs enters his 19th season at Santa Fe College in the Spring of 2025. 

Coach Wiggs led the 2024 Saints Baseball team to a 31-22 record (19-14 in Conference) and a spot in the State playoffs. This was the 13th time in 17 years that the Saints have reached the postseason in Coach Wiggs’ tenure here at Santa Fe College. Justin Jackson had an outstanding year leading the State in wins (11) and innings pitched (98.1), and finishing second in ERA (2.20) and strikeouts (106). He was named the Citrus Conference Pitcher of the Year, FCSAA State Pitcher of the Year, and Second Team All-American.

The 2023 Saints:

• Went a perfect 24-0 in nonconference play and won the season's first 26 games, the best start in SF history…
• Set a new program-record for regular season wins (39), including four over then- No. 1 ranked College of Central Florida.
• Were ranked within the NJCAA Division I Top-10 for the entirety of the regular season, reaching as high as No. 2 on Mar. 27.
• Reached the FCSAA/NJCAA Region 8 Tournament for the 12th time in the past 16 seasons.
• Became just the second team in program history to reach the 40-win mark, with the 2016 Saints winning 42…
• Concluded the year ranked No. 17 in the NJCAA poll.

SF hauled in 11 Mid-Florida Conference honors during the 2023 campaign (Story), including MFC Pitcher of the Year Tobin Moran. Four student-athletes were named to the All-FCSAA/Region 8 Team, with Moran and Josh Hogue on the First Team, and Drake Harman and JP Herrholz on the Second Team (Story). As of June 1, 10 players from the 2023 squad signed on to continue their careers at four-year programs. 

In 2022, Wiggs earned win No. 500 at Santa Fe College with a 6-1 win over Daytona State College on Mar. 21. He then picked up career win No. 700 overall with a 9-1 win in the following game at Daytona State on Mar. 23. 

In 2021, Santa Fe Baseball made their sixth consecutive trip to the FCSAA State Tournament under Wiggs' direction. The Saints concluded the campaign with a 33-13 record, a Mid-Florida Conference Championship with an 18-4 mark in MFC play, and a runner-up finish at the FCSAA State Tournament.  

In his 17 seasons at Santa Fe since beginning in 2007, he has helped the Saints compile a record of 551-251 (.687), win nine Conference Championships, advance to the FCSAA State/Region 8 Tournament 12 times and win two FCSAA State Championships. Overall, he has a career record of 750-440 (.630) between his time at Polk and Santa Fe.

The best national finish under Wiggs was in 2009, when the team finished runner-up at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.

In his 17 years at SF, 164 players have signed with four-year colleges and seven have signed to go directly into professional baseball, including three in the top-5 rounds. Four of Coach Wiggs’ Saints players have also made it to the Major Leagues and 29 former Saints that played under Coach Wiggs have played professional baseball.

Prior to SF

Before coming to Santa Fe, Wiggs spent eight seasons as the head coach at Polk Community College from 1999-2006. At Polk, Wiggs had 70 players sign with four year schools or sign professionally. Before Polk, he was an assistant at Santa Fe, Jacksonville University and the University of Florida. Two of his pitchers from his Jacksonville squad made their major league debuts in 2004. 

Playing Career

Wiggs played his collegiate ball at Valencia Community College before transferring to Santa Fe for his sophomore year.  At Santa Fe he compiled a 9-4 record and helped the team to the Junior College State tournament after a second place finish in the Mid-Florida Conference play. He then went on to the University of Florida for two seasons where he was finished his UF career with a 23-6 record, and was voted All-Southeastern Conference his junior year. That same year he helped the Gators to the 1988 SEC Championship, East Regional Championship, and their first ever trip to the College World Series.

Wiggs played professional baseball for five seasons with the Mariners, Tigers and Red Sox up to AAA. He pitched in 166 games throwing 292 innings. He finished his professional career with 17 wins, 22 saves and an ERA of 3.41.

Education & Family

Wiggs completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Exercise and Sport Science at UF. He and his wife of 33 years, Wendy, have three daughters, Brittany, 31, Ashley, 28 and Jenna, 25; along with two grandsons, RJ and Levi; and one grandaughter, Lennon.