DePauw University

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