Jeff Huffman

Biography

Jeff Huffman enters his eighth season at Amherst in 2025. This will be Huffman's eighth season as men's goalkeeper coach and seventh in the same role for the women's team. In total, Huffman has seen 13 different goalkeepers on his teams receive individual postseason accolades in 21 seasons of collegiate soccer. He has been part of staffs that have participated in eight national semifinals, won nine NESCAC titles, been awarded the National Men's Staff of the Year in 2024, Regional Men's Staff of the Year in 2019, and the Regional Women's Staff of the Year in 2022 and 2023. In total, Huffman has coached four goalkeepers at the collegiate level that have gone on to professional careers. Huffman's time at Amherst has been among the most storied period of success in both programs' history. During his seven seasons, the men have been to the national title game four times, while collecting two NESCAC titles and a national championship along the way. From 2021 to 2024, the women collected the most victories in a four-year stretch in program history (65), winning three consecutive NESCAC titles and making four NCAA Tournament appearances. Previously, Huffman was part of the staff at rival Williams College for parts of 10 seasons. During his time at Williams, Huffman was part of a coaching staff that guided three teams to the national semifinals while seeing seven players move on to the professional ranks. Huffman's resume also includes a head coaching stint at NJCAA Division I Garden