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Kris Huffman

Kris Huffman

  • Title
    Head Women's Basketball Coach/Assistant Athletics Director/SWA
  • Phone
    765-658-4960
  • Email
    khuffman@depauw.edu
  • Alma Mater
    Northern Iowa '90

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