Izzy Higginbottom On Becoming An Aspiring Coach—And Teaching Athletes To Lead On And Off The Court

Izzy Higginbottom On Becoming An Aspiring Coach—And Teaching Athletes To Lead On And Off The Court

Southern LivingIzzy Higginbottom has a lot to reflect upon these days. Thankfully, she has the best place to do it. “When I go home, I have to go to the river or the lake,” she says of returning to her native Batesville, Arkansas, which is set in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. “I go down my long gravel driveway, and I look out and can see the mountains, my horse, our cows in the field, the sunset.” For the first time since she was a littl…