Kris Huffman was named the head women's basketball coach at DePauw in June, 1993, and has since compiled a 699-139 record in 30 seasons through the 2022-23 season.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Led DePauw to NCAA Division III championships in 2007 and 2013, a semifinal appearance in 2002 and quarterfinal trips in 2006 and 2008
- Program had Division III's longest string of consecutive appearances in the women's basketball postseason with 18 (from 2004-2022)
- Team has posted 28 straight winning seasons with no less than a .704 winning percentage in those years
- Her teams have posted a 383-38 record in conference games
- Team is 34-20 in NCAA postseason games during her tenure
- In achieving 600 wins in 722 games, she did so in the fifth-fewest total games in the history of all levels of NCAA women’s basketball play
- WBCA Division III Coach of the Year (2002, 2013)
- D3hoops.com Coach of the Year (2007, 2013)
- WDIII News Coach of the Year (2002, 2007, 2013)
- WBCA District Coach of the Year (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006)
- Named a conference coach of the year 14 times
- Has led teams to 22 conference titles
- Team has posted a 25-4 record in NCAC Tournament games and won seven tourney titles
- Led DePauw to a then school-record 22 wins in 1996-97
- A 2019 University of Northern Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame inductee
- In 2013, she earned induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame while receiving the Silver Medal Award.
- In June 2008, Huffman served as a court coach for the 2008 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Serves as assistant athletics director and has served on the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship national committee
- Served on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors
PRIOR TO DEPAUW
- Prior to coming to DePauw, served as an assistant coach at Wartburg College where she helped them to four straight appearances in the Division III tournament.
- Fort Dodge, Iowa, native was named Miss Basketball in Iowa following her senior year in high school when she led her team to a state championship. She then moved on to Division I Northern Iowa where she played basketball and earned a bachelor’s degree in community health education.
- She still is the Panthers’ career three-point record holder with a .483 percentage, is third with an .817 career free throw percentage and recorded the only triple-double in school history with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Eastern Illinois on January 31, 1986. Huffman finished as the second all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,294 points and still ranks sixth. Her 322 career assists still rank fifth.
- She remained at UNI and received a master’s degree in health education. Huffman is also an Iowa Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee.
Kris Huffman Career Head Coaching Highlights
Conference Championships
Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference: 1996-97 (co-champions), 1997-98 (regular season and tournament)
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference: 1998-99, 1999-00 (co-champions), 2000-01 (tri-champions), 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11
North Coast Athletic Conference: 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23 (co-champions)
Conference Coach of the Year
Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference: 1995-96; 1997-98
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference: 1998-99; 2001-02; 2003-04; 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2010-11
North Coast Athletic Conference: 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2019-20, 2021-22
District Coach of the Year
WBCA: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006
National Coach of the Year
WBCA: 2002, 2013
WDIII News: 2002, 2007, 2013
D3hoops.com: 2007, 2013
NCAA Championship appearances
1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 (third), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (champions), 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (champions), 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
HUFFMAN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD |
|
Overall |
Conference |
|
Year |
W |
L |
Pct. |
W |
L |
Pct. |
Finish |
1993-94 |
12 |
12 |
.500 |
5 |
3 |
.625 |
tie-2nd |
1994-95 |
10 |
14 |
.417 |
2 |
6 |
.250 |
4th |
1995-96 |
19 |
7 |
.731 |
8 |
2 |
.800 |
2nd |
1996-97 |
22 |
4 |
.846 |
9 |
1 |
.900 |
tie-1st |
1997-98 |
23 |
5 |
.821 |
10 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
1998-99 |
22 |
5 |
.815 |
18 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
1999-00 |
20 |
5 |
.800 |
15 |
3 |
.833 |
tie-1st |
2000-01 |
19 |
6 |
.750 |
14 |
4 |
.778 |
tie-1st |
2001-02 |
26 |
4 |
.867 |
17 |
1 |
.944 |
1st |
2002-03 |
22 |
5 |
.815 |
12 |
2 |
.857 |
2nd |
2003-04 |
26 |
4 |
.867 |
13 |
1 |
.929 |
1st |
2004-05 |
23 |
6 |
.793 |
12 |
2 |
.857 |
2nd |
2005-06 |
29 |
2 |
.935 |
14 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2006-07 |
31 |
3 |
.912 |
12 |
2 |
.857 |
1st |
2007-08 |
28 |
4 |
.875 |
14 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2008-09 |
22 |
6 |
.786 |
12 |
2 |
.857 |
tie-3rd |
2009-10 |
26 |
4 |
.867 |
15 |
1 |
.938 |
1st |
2010-11 |
25 |
4 |
.862 |
15 |
1 |
.938 |
1st |
2011-12 |
27 |
2 |
.931 |
16 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2012-13 |
34 |
0 |
1.000 |
16 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2013-14 |
30 |
2 |
.938 |
15 |
1 |
.938 |
1st |
2014-15 |
26 |
3 |
.897 |
16 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2015-16 |
22 |
7 |
.759 |
13 |
3 |
.813 |
2nd |
2016-17 |
27 |
3 |
.900 |
15 |
1 |
.938 |
1st |
2017-18 |
25 |
3 |
.893 |
16 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2018-19 |
25 |
5 |
.833 |
15 |
1 |
.938 |
1st |
2019-20 |
28 |
2 |
.933 |
16 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2020-21 |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
2021-22 |
23 |
4 |
.852 |
15 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2022-23 |
19 |
8 |
.704 |
13 |
1 |
.929 |
tie-1st |
Totals |
699 |
140 |
.833 |
383 |
38 |
.910 |