| Kurtiss Riggs | |
| Position: | Quarterback |
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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.[1] 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. [2]
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.[3] [4]
Riggs retired after the 2023 IFL National Championship game, after winning 11 league titles and seven IFL Championships.[5]
| League | Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||||
| 2003 | 10 | 4 | 2nd in Western Pacific | 0 | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 2004 | 11 | 3 | 4th in NC East | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| NIFL total | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | 3rd in Northern Division | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2006 | 15 | 0 | 1st in Western Division | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007 | 15 | 0 | 1st in Western Division | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2008 | 11 | 3 | 1st in Western Division | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| UIF total | 49 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 championships | ||||||
| 2009 | 6 | 3 | 4th in United Central | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010 | 11 | 3 | 1st in United Central West | 2 | 1 | Lost in United Bowl to Billings Outlaws | |||||
| 2011 | 13 | 1 | 1st in United Great Plains | 3 | 0 | Defeated Tri-Cities Fever in United Bowl | |||||
| 2012 | 14 | 0 | 1st in United Conference | 3 | 0 | Defeated Tri-Cities Fever in United Bowl | |||||
| 2013 | 10 | 4 | 1st in United Central West | 2 | 1 | Defeated Tri-Cities Fever in United Bowl | |||||
| 2014 | 13 | 1 | 1st in United Central West | 2 | 0 | Defeated Nebraska Danger in United Bowll | |||||
| 2015 | 14 | 0 | 1st in United Central West | 2 | 0 | Defeated Nebraska Danger in United Bowl | |||||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | 1st in United Central West | 2 | 0 | Defeated Spokane Shock in United Bowl | |||||
| 2017 | 15 | 1 | 1st in IFL | 1 | 1 | Lost to Arizona Rattlers in United Bowl | |||||
| 2018 | 11 | 3 | 3rd in IFL | 1 | 1 | Lost to Iowa Barnstormers in United Bowl | |||||
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | 3rd in IFL | 3 | 0 | Defeated Arizona Rattlers in United Bowl | |||||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 6 | 7 | 8th in IFL | 0 | 1 | Lost to Arizona Rattlers in 1st Round | |||||
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 5th in East | ||||||||
| IFL | Sioux Falls Storm | 2023 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2nd in East | 2 | 1 | .666 | Lost to Bay Area Panthers in United Bowl | |
| IFL total | 154 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 7 championships | ||||||
| Career total | 224 | 58 | 37 | 7 | 11 championships | ||||||