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Ronnie Huckeba

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Ronnie Huckeba
Playing career
1973–1976Harding
Position(s)Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979Carlisle HS (AR) (assistant)
1980Fort Worth Christian (TX) (assistant)
1981–1985Ouachita Christian HS (LA) (co-HC)
1986–2007Harding (assistant)
2007–2016Harding
Head coaching record
Overall69–40 (college)
Bowls1–0
Tournaments2–3 (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][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]

Head coaching record

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College

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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
  • #Rankings from final AFCA poll.

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "Harding Football's Ronnie Huckeba to Coach Final Season; Paul Simmons to be Next Head Coach". hardingsports.com. August 10, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Harding's Ronnie Huckeba Voted AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year". hardingsports.com. December 6, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Ouachita Christian Eagles Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  4. ^ https://static.hardingsports.com/custompages/football/2009/at%20Delta%20State.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Football coach to join advancement staff". harding.edu. August 24, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018.