COACHING STAFF


 

Coach Huntington is the Softball program's ninth head coach (first season was 2002) and also serves as the Senior Woman Administrator (SWA).

She guided Blugolds to an NCAA Division III title in 2008, the first in program history. During their run, the Blugolds went 8-0 in NCAA post-season play to win the title


Won three straight WIAC Coach of the Year awards (2004, 2005, 2006)

  • Blugolds won WIAC titles each of those seasons, the first time in WIAC history a team won three straight

Blugolds' all-time winningest coach

  • Surpassed JoEllen Bailey's previous school best of 161 wins in 2007
  • All-time wins mark is fifth best in WIAC history
  • Named Co-Coach of the WIAC All-Time Softball Team

Blugolds receive national, regional and conference recognition

  • 2008 coaching staff recived National Fastpitch Coaches Association's (NFCA) Coaching Staff of the Year
  • 2006 and 2007 coaching staff received NFCA Great Lakes Region Coaching Staff of the Year
  • 5 Blugolds have earned All-American honors
  • 34 have received All-Region recognition
  • 34 have been named first team All-WIAC selections
  • 4 WIAC player of the year selections

Serving the softball community

  • Chair of NFCA Top 25 Committee and the WIAC Softball Sport Committee in 2007
  • Member of the NFCA Top 25 Committee from 2005-07
  • Great Lakes Region representative on NFCA All-American Committee in 2008 and 2009
  • Speaker on panel on Recruiting at 2009 NFCA National Convention
  • 4-star master coach (highest level attainable) through the NFCA National Fastpitch Coaches College
  • Director of Blugold Fastpitch Camps and Clinics
  • Provides instruction for Altoona, Eau Claire and Seymour youth fastpitch programs

Previous coaching/athletic administration experience

  • First assistant to Henry Christowski at Simpson College of Indianola, Iowa
    • 1997 and 1999 teams won NCAA Division III titles
    • 1996 and 1998 teams finished third at NCAA Division III Championship
  • Assistant basketball coach at Simpson during 1995-96 season
  • Served as head athletic trainer at Simpson for six years
  • Co-head coach of Nevada Community Schools softball program in Nevada, Iowa during the summer of 2000 and 2001
  • Spent two years as a certified athletic trainer with the Des Moines Sports Medicine Clinic in Des Moines, Iowa

Assistant Coaches

  • Robin Baker
  • Emily Muller