Philip Pigott is in his second season as safeties coach, taking over the position in July of 2013. Pigott spent the previous season as safeties coach at Charleston Southern University. He recruits in metro Atlanta (Fulton, Cobb, and DeKalb counties), north Georgia, and Chattanooga.
In Pigott’s first season at Wofford, senior safety James Zotto was fifth on the team with 65 tackles and senior Josh Holt had 60 total tackles. Zotto was named to the 2013 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America second team for his performance on the field and in the classroom.
Pigott helped lead a Charleston Southern defense which finished the 2012 season ranked third nationally in pass defense. Elijah Lee, who started at safety and led the Bucs in tackles, earned a spot on the All-Big South First Team. The team, which was 0-11 in 2011, finished at 5-6 in 2012.
Pigott arrived at Charleston Southern from Northwestern State (La.), where he served as linebackers coach for two seasons. During the first season the team improved to a 5-6 record after a 0-11 mark the prior season. In 2011 the team was ranked in the FCS national polls before finishing 5-6 overall. He played a major role in helping to mentor middle linebacker Derek Rose, who twice earned All-American honors. Linebacker Yaser Elqutub earned First Team All-Southland honors and was a NFF National Scholar-Athlete.
A 2008 graduate of Louisiana State University, Pigott played outside linebacker on the 2007 National Championship team and the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl Champion squad. He received his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in the spring of 2012.
Following graduation from Louisiana State, he began his coaching career at Brother Martin High School in New Orleans as the defensive backs coach.
A native of Slidell, Louisiana, he and his wife, Jessica, were married in 2009.
