Kurtiss Riggs: Difference between revisions

| current_team =

| position = [[Quarterback]]

| pastteams =

* Sioux Falls Falcons (1999)

* [[Sioux Falls Storm|Sioux Falls Cobras / Storm]] ({{IFL Year|2000}}–2001)

* [[Sioux Falls Cougars football|Sioux Falls]] (2005-2009)<br/>Quarterbacks coach

* [[Sioux Falls Storm]] (2002)<br>Offensive coordinator

* Sioux Falls Storm (2003–2023)<br>Head Coach

| highlights =

* 11× [[United Bowl (IFL)|United Bowl]] champion (2005–2008, [[2011 United Bowl|2011]]–[[2016 United Bowl|16]], 2019)

| coachregrecord = {{winpct|224|58|record=y}}

| coachplayoffrecord = {{winpct|37|7|record=y}}

| coachrecord = {{winpct|261|65|record=y}}

'''Kurtiss Riggs''' is an American football coach and a former quarterback. He was a coach with the [[Sioux Falls Storm]] from 2002 to 2023, all but the first as [[head coach]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Matt Zimmer |title=The mind behind the magic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122064927/argus-leader/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=[[Argus-Leader]] |date=4 August 2007 |pages=1C, 5C |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref> During his tenure as head coach the team set a professional gridiron football record with 40 consecutive wins, and he led the team to four undefeated seasons. Riggs was also an assistant coach on [[National Championship]] winning teams at the [[Sioux Falls Cougars]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://siouxfallsstorm.com/sports/2020/12/16/coaches.aspx |title=Coaches - Sioux Falls Storm |author=Team |website=siouxfallsstorm.com |date=August 23, 2018}}</ref>

Riggs played [[college football]] for the [[University of Sioux Falls]] where he led the Cougars to win the schools first NAIA [[National Championship]] in 1996. He was selected to the [[All-American]] team and led the nation with 55 touchdown passes that season. In 1998, Riggs signed and played professionally in Europe for the [[La Courneuve Flash]] in France [[Championnat Élite Division 1]]. He also played for the [[Sioux Falls Storm]] in the Indoor Football League in 2000-2001, before taking over as head coach in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ryan Johnson |title=Riggs passing through |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122064731/casper-star-tribune/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=[[Casper Star-Tribune]] |date=21 April 2001 |pages=D1, D4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=John Denton |title=Mr. Heisman (NAIA version) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122064905/the-jackson-sun/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=[[The Jackson Sun]] |date=18 December 1996 |pages=1C, 3C |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref>

Riggs retired after the 2023 [[IFL National Championship]] game, after winning 11 league titles and seven IFL Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/panthers-beat-sioux-falls-to-win-ifl-national-championship/n-5998795|title=Panthers Beat Sioux Falls to Win IFL National Championship|work=Our Sports Central|date=5 August 2023 }}</ref>

|| 14 || 0 || {{winpct|14|0}} || 1st in United Central West || 2 || 0 || {{winpct|3|0}} || '''Defeated [[Nebraska Danger]] in United Bowl'''

|| 15 || 1 || {{winpct|14|0}} || 1st in United Central West || 2 || 0 || {{winpct|3|0}} || '''Defeated [[Spokane Shock]] in United Bowl'''

|| 15 || 1 || {{winpct|14|0}} || 1st in IFL || 1 || 1 || {{winpct|1|1}} || '''Lost to [[Arizona Rattlers]] in United Bowl'''

|| 11 || 3 || {{winpct|11|3}} || 3rd in IFL || 1 || 1 || {{winpct|1|1}} || '''Lost to [[Iowa Barnstormers]] in United Bowl'''

|| 11 || 3 || {{winpct|11|3}} || 3rd in IFL || 3 || 0 || {{winpct|3|0}} || '''Defeated [[Arizona Rattlers]] in United Bowl'''

![[2023 Indoor Football League season|IFL]]

![[Sioux Falls Storm]]

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|5

|.583

|2nd in East

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|1

|.666

|'''Lost to [[Bay Area Panthers]] in United Bowl'''

! colspan="3" |IFL total || 154 || 40 || {{winpct|154|40}}|| || 23 || 6 || {{winpct|23|6}}|| 7 championships

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! colspan="3" |Career total || 224 || 58 || {{winpct|224|58}} || || 37 || 7 || {{winpct|37|7}} || 11 championships

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