Ralph Biggs (born February 2, 1976) is an American-born naturalized Belgian former professional

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player. Biggs is 2.01 m tall and played the

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position.

Career

He played for

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in the

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. He played college basketball at

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. He played in Ostende, Charleroi, Liège and Antwerp (all Belgian teams). Biggs led the

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in steals per game averaging 2.1. He competed for two seasons at the

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level in 2000–01 and 2001–02 with Telindus Oostende. In the 2010/11 season he was playing for the French club Limoges CSP Elite until he left the club. In February 2011 he signed with

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. In June 2013, Biggs signed a one-year deal with VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster. Biggs is currently the head girls' basketball coach at his native Washington High School in Beaufort County, North Carolina. He was named 2-A Eastern Plains Conference coach of the year after his first season. After taking over coaching duties for the boys' team midway through the 2016 season, Biggs became the full-time coach for both varsity squads in 2017.

References

External links

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1976 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Antwerp Giants players Basketball players from North Carolina BC Krasnye Krylia players BC Oostende players Dutch Basketball League players Liège Basket players Limoges CSP players BSW (basketball club) players PBC Ural Great players Spirou Charleroi players Towson Tigers men's basketball players People from Washington, North Carolina American men's basketball players Guards (basketball) {{1970s-US-basketball-bio-stub American emigrants to Belgium Naturalised citizens of Belgium