A native of Emmett, Mich., arrives to Ferris State via Michigan State University where he served an internship as an assistant to the head coach in both softball and women’s volleyball for one season (2004). While at MSU, he was involved with travel, team meals, fundraising, budget analysis, public relations and other duties assigned by the head coach. Haggerty worked as an intern in event management during the fall of 2003 at every Spartans’ home athletics event and was the coordinator of the Big Ten Cross Country Championships along with the NCAA Division I Regional Field Hockey Tournament and the volleyball tournaments which Michigan State hosted. His final internship project was overseeing the setup for the Basketbowl at Detroit’s (Mich.) Ford Field in which MSU set a new college basketball game attendance record.
Before Michigan State, Haggerty spent the 2002-03 season at Farwell (Mich.) High School where he coached the school’s junior varsity boy’s basketball team and helped Farwell snap the state’s longest losing streak. In the 2002-03 athletics season, Haggerty attended Central Michigan University and was a graduate student manager for the men’s basketball team. The Chippewas captured both the Mid-America Conference (MAC) regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division I Tournament after defeating 15th-nationally ranked Creighton in the opening round. Haggerty was utilized as a practice player and competed against current National Basketball Association (NBA) Lottery Draft pick Chris Kaman of the Los Angeles Clippers. Kaman was the 2003 MAC Player of the Year, the MAC Defensive Player of the Year and the MAC Tournament’s Most Valuable Player along with being an honorable mention All-America selection by the Associated Press.
A 2000 graduate of Michigan State with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and agricultural-business management, Haggerty is currently working on completing his coursework for a Master’s of Arts degree in athletic administration from Central Michigan.
Haggerty lettered in four varsity sports at Yale (Mich.) High School -- football (1994 and 1995), basketball (1993-94 and 1994-95), baseball (1995), and tennis (1991). A 1995 graduate, he served two seasons as team captain for the Bulldogs’ boys’ varsity basketball team. Haggerty returned to his alma mater in 2000 and was the boys’ varsity basketball assistant coach for the two seasons (2000-01 and 2001-02). He also coached the freshmen girls’ basketball team (2001) and was the head coach for the boys’ junior varsity basketball squad (2001-02).
The son of Frank and Sharon Haggerty of Emmett, Mich., Haggerty has an older sister, Michelle, and a future brother-in-law, Pablo. He holds membership in the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), the Michigan Collegiate Football Officials Association (MCFOA) and Alpha Gamma Rho Professional Fraternity.