Ronnie Huckeba
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Harding University |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1986–2007 | Harding (assistant) |
| 2007–2016 | Harding |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 69–40 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 2–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 GAC (2016) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Coach of the Year Region 4 (2016) Gulf South Co-Coach of The Year (2010) | |
Ronnie Huckeba is a retired American football coach. He was the head coach at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas from 2007 to 2016.[1] He compiled a record of 69–40, winning a Great American Conference championship and reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs in his final season. [2]
Following his retirement from coaching in 2016, Huckeba took on his current role as the Senior Advancement Officer at Harding.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Bisons (Gulf South Conference) (2007–2010) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Harding | 5–3[n 1] | 5–3 | 5th | |||||
| 2008 | Harding | 2–9 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
| 2009 | Harding | 5–6 | 3–5 | T–8th | |||||
| 2010 | Harding | 6–4 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
| Harding Bisons (Great American Conference) (2011–2016) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Harding | 4–7 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2012 | Harding | 9–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | 19 | |||
| 2013 | Harding | 9–2 | 8–2 | 2nd | W Live United Texarkana Bowl | ||||
| 2014 | Harding | 9–2 | 9–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | 17 | |||
| 2015 | Harding | 7–4 | 7–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2016 | Harding | 13–1 | 11–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
| Harding: | 69–40 | 58–30 | |||||||
| Total: | 69–40 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Notes
- ^ Randy Tribble served as Harding's head coach for the first two games of the 2007 season, both non-conference contests, before resigning. Harding had an overall record of 6–4 on the season.
References
- ^ "Harding Football's Ronnie Huckeba to Coach Final Season; Paul Simmons to be Next Head Coach". hardingsports.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ^ "Harding's Ronnie Huckeba Voted AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year". hardingsports.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ^ "Football coach to join advancement staff". harding.edu. August 24, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018.