Jake Higgs (born December 20, 1975 in Regina,

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curler from Strathroy,

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. He coached the mixed doubles rink of Matt Hamilton and

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at the

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Curling career

Higgs played second for Wayne Tuck, Jr.'s mixed team, that won a provincial championship in 2008–09, giving them the right to represent Ontario at the

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. The team lost in the final to

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's Manitoba rink. Higgs was also a member of the team that won the 2002 provincial mixed championship. Higgs began skipping a men's team in 2008, which finished fourth place at the 2009 provincial championship. In 2010, his team played in its first Grand Slam event, losing three straight before being eliminated at the

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. Higgs continued to skip his own rink until 2014, when he joined the

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rink, throwing

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stones for the team for one season. He went back to skipping in 2015 for two seasons before being chosen to coach USA Curling. In 2017, he began skipping an Iqaluit-based team and won the 2020 Nunavut Brier Playdowns and represented Nunavut at the

2020 Tim Hortons Brier The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curli ...

where they finished with a 0–7 record. Representing

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again at the

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, Higgs defeated

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team to earn the territory's first ever win at the national men's curling championship.

Personal life

Higgs works as a high school teacher for the Thames Valley District School Board. He is married to Sara Gatchell and has two children.

Grand Slam record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgs, Jake Living people 1975 births Curlers from Ontario People from Strathroy-Caradoc Canadian male curlers Canadian curling coaches Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan Canadian schoolteachers