Ronnie Huckeba | |
Player Years1: | 1973–1976 |
Player Team1: | Harding |
Player Positions: | Offensive lineman |
Coach Years1: | 1979 |
Coach Team1: | Carlisle HS (AR) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1980 |
Coach Team2: | Fort Worth Christian (TX) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1981–1985 |
Coach Team3: | Ouachita Christian HS (LA) (co-HC) |
Coach Years4: | 1986–2007 |
Coach Team4: | Harding (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 2007–2016 |
Overall Record: | 69–40 (college) |
Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
Tournament Record: | 2–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
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] [3]
Huckeba was an offensive lineman for Harding from 1973 to 1976, starting at offensive guard on the Bisons' 1976 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference co-championship squad. He coached high school football in Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana before coming back to Harding as an assistant coach for John Prock.[4]
One of his sons, Jeb Huckeba, played defensive end for the Arkansas Razorbacks and later played for two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks.
Following his retirement from coaching in 2016, Huckeba took on his current role as the senior advancement officer at Harding.[5]