Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), the hyperoptimistic, aw-shucks ex-coach of a small college football team who’s given to life-affirming aphorisms and homespun homilies. When we met Higgins in Season 1, he was an obsequious, nervous yes-man who trembled in the presence of bitter team owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham, who is also up for an Emmy).