Ruaidhrí Higgins
Coach🇬🇧Coleraine FC · Northern Ireland Premiership
115 matches tracked
Coach DNA
Playing style
possession-based
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Coleraine FC
May 2025 – Jul 2026 · 33 matches
1.87 points per game in Premiership (31 matches).
Coleraine FC with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.41 (118 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +138 above the league average under him, +40 under the others.
Most used
- L. Ives2,700' · Elo 1,497
- W. Patching2,610' · Elo 1,517
- J. Cooper2,520' · Elo 1,484
- D. Boyle2,250' · Elo 1,487
- C. Dunne2,160' · Elo 1,472
- J. Glackin2,070' · Elo 1,490
- M. Shevlin2,070' · Elo 1,480
- Aidan Harris1,890' · Elo 1,425
- L. Kane1,800' · Elo 1,481
- D. Jarvis1,620' · Elo 1,404
Derry City
Jul 2022 – Nov 2024 · 82 matches
1.67 points per game in Premier Division (72 matches).
Derry City with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.53 (66 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +70 above the league average under him, +44 under the others.
Most used
- B. Maher7,444' · Elo 1,649
- B. Doherty5,421' · Elo 1,430
- A. O'Reilly5,390' · Elo 1,695
- W. Patching5,351' · Elo 1,517
- C. McJannet4,980' · Elo 1,734
- M. Duffy4,919' · Elo 1,591
- R. Boyce4,768' · Elo 1,643
- P. McMullan4,639' · Elo 1,518
- S. McEleney4,616' · Elo 1,397
- M. Connolly4,568' · Elo 1,493
Players under Ruaidhrí Higgins
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- R. Boyce+505
in 59 matches · Derry City
- C. Coll+500
in 48 matches · Derry City
- Aidan Harris+494
in 21 matches · Coleraine FC
- S. McEleney+378
in 58 matches · Derry City
- B. Kavanagh+318
in 19 matches · Derry City
Fell most
- J. Cooper−87
in 28 matches · Coleraine FC
- Andre Wisdom−69
in 9 matches · Derry City
- R. Schofield−54
in 9 matches · Coleraine FC
- M. Coyle−42
in 5 matches · Coleraine FC
- J. Davenport−41
in 6 matches · Derry City
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−70D. Horgan1462
in 5 matches · Dundalk
−62D. Leahy1466
in 8 matches · Waterford
−61J. Forsythe1238
in 4 matches · Crusaders FC
−59P. Amond1306
in 4 matches · Waterford
−58J. Mulraney1621
in 4 matches · St Patrick's Athl.
Nemeses
+145L. Pöhls1709
in 5 matches · Shamrock Rovers
+138V. Borden1418
in 3 matches · Galway United
+110J. Kenny1844
in 7 matches · Shamrock Rovers
+103R. Towell1347
in 4 matches · Shamrock Rovers
+99E. McCarthy1470
in 4 matches · Galway United
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −36
Keith Long1389
in 4 matches · Waterford
- −34
Declan Caddell1351
in 4 matches · Crusaders FC
- −33
J. Daly1357
in 6 matches · Dundalk
- −24
Andrew Myler926
in 4 matches · UCD
- −14
in 5 matches · Dundalk
Nemesis coaches
- +277
Nathan Rooney1570
in 5 matches · Larne
- +73
in 4 matches · Galway United
- +67
Declan Devine1578
in 7 matches · Glentoran
- +61
Stephen Bradley1707
in 8 matches · Shamrock Rovers
- +48
John Russell1550
in 8 matches · Sligo Rovers
Playing style
How Ruaidhrí Higgins's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.