Rocky Higgins ’68

A self-described “campus brat” and son of a Punahou teacher,  Rocky Higgins grew up roaming the campus and “living in the Lily Pond.” Rocky returned in 1973 as a coach with the varsity football team, then later took up a 30-year coaching career that included girls’ kayaking, intermediate and JV football, and boys JV and varsity canoe paddling. In 1998, he was hired as a full-time PE teacher, retiring in 2023. Rocky has passionately taken up the restoration of the Lily Pond and spends many days stewarding groups of volunteers at work days.