ROB HIGGINS

Executive Director

Tampa Bay Sports Commission

On June 10, 2004, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission named Rob Higgins as its Executive Director. Higgins primary responsibility is to promote the development of community sports in the Tampa Bay area, as well as leading the Sports Commission as the principal organization that bids on and hosts youth and amateur sports in Tampa and Hillsborough County. The selection of Higgins as Executive Director has paid big dividends for the Tampa Bay Sports Commission.

In the five years Higgins has held his position, Tampa has successfully hosted and/or been awarded the following events: 2007 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second Rounds, 2008 NCAA Women’s Final Four, 2008 and 2009 ACC Football Championships, 2009 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament, 2009 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship, 2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball First and Second Rounds, 2012 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, and 2015 NCAA Women’s Final Four.

Higgins served on the bid committee which successfully landed the 2009 Super Bowl and the operations committee which handled several event logistics. He has been named to Tampa Bay Business Journal's 30 under 30 list and the St. Petersburg Times named Higgins as one of the top 10 difference makers in the Tampa Bay area.


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