Football
- Title:
- Wide Receivers
- Phone:
- 205-348-3600
Holmon Wiggins begins his first season at Alabama on head coach Nick Saban’s staff as the Crimson Tide’s wide receivers coach.
Wiggins comes to Tuscaloosa after three years (2015-18) coaching wide receivers at Virginia Tech under head coach Justin Fuente. He also worked for Fuente at Memphis for four seasons (2012-15).
At Alabama, Wiggins inherits one of the best wide receiving corps in the nation with Biletnikoff Award winner Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs III, DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle. The quartet combined to catch 201 passes for 3,597 yards and 38 touchdowns in 2018 as part of one of the most prolific offensive seasons in Crimson Tide history.
Wiggins oversaw the development of Tech’s wide receivers over the past three years, highlighted by Cam Phillips, who established himself as Tech’s career leader in receptions and receiving yards. Phillips caught 76 passes for 983 yards as a junior and then followed that with 71 catches for 964 yards as a senior.
A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Wiggins had four wide receivers catch at least 26 passes in 2018. Damon Hazelton led the group with 51 catches for 802 yards and eight touchdowns, while Eric Kumah caught 42 balls for 559 yards and 7 scores. Tre Turner averaged 20.6 yards per catch while Hezekiah Grimsley hauled in 31 passes for 382 yards.
The 2017 corps at Tech was led by senior Cam Phillips who caught 71 passes for 964 yards and a career-best seven touchdowns. Phillips earned first team All-ACC honors in 2017 and earned a spot on the Buffalo Bills roster in 2018. Phillips became Virginia Tech’s career leader in receptions and receiving yards by the end of his time in Blacksburg.
Holmon was part of a staff that helped guide Tech’s offense to 10 single-season records during their first year in 2016, including points (490), passing first downs (172), touchdown passes (31), total offense (6,223), completion pct. (62.1 percent), passing yards (3,660) and pass completions (279).
He helped continue the ascent of Isaiah Ford, who broke his own Tech single-season record with 79 receptions in 2016, registering 1,094 yards and seven touchdowns in the process. Phillips, who earned Belk Bowl Most Valuable Player honors in 2016, concluded his junior campaign by setting personal bests in receptions (76) and receiving yards (983).
Wiggins was an integral component of Fuente’s staff that helped lead Memphis to 19 victories and back-to-back bowl appearances in 2014-15. Memphis receivers registered 148 receptions, 1,687 yards and four touchdowns in 2013 and upped that total to 205 receptions for 2,422 yards and 14 scores in 2014 before hauling in 255 passes for 3,277 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2015.
He drastically improved the production of the wide receivers corps at Memphis when he arrived in 2012, with the receivers accounting for 125 receptions and 1,417 yards. The Tigers registered 53 receiving touchdowns in 2014-15, compared to only 24 in the two seasons before Wiggins’ arrival.
Wiggins joined the Memphis program after a one-year stint tutoring the running backs at Tulsa in 2011. The TU 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.
Prior to Tulsa, he 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, running back Pierre Rembert earned All-America accolades and rushed for a school-record 1,743 yards. From 2006-08, Illinois State averaged 187.7 rushing yards per game and racked up 76 rushing scores.
Wiggins began his coaching career at this alma mater The University of New Mexico after an outstanding playing career with the Lobos. He was a three-year starter at running back, finishing his career with 1,833 rushing years while setting the Lobos’ single-season record for punt returns (46) and punt return yards (392). He is a 2003 graduate of the University of New Mexico.
Wiggins and his wife Dominique have four daughters Justyce, Karyn, Brooklyn and Journye and two sons Kingston and Legend.
