Chris Huffins Assistant Coach OU Coaching Staff

Olympian Christopher Huffins is in his first season as an assistant coach. Huffins comes to Oklahoma after one year as an assistant at Eastern Michigan University.

Huffins won the 1993 NCAA decathlon championship and finished ninth in the event at the USA Track and Field Championships that same season. Following the conclusion of his collegiate career, Huffins continued his professional career. He garnered a second-place finish in the decathlon at the 1995 USA Track and Field Championships.

In 1996, he qualified for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., following a third place finish at the Olympic Trials. Huffins finished 10th in the event which earned him a seventh-place world ranking in the event and second in the United States.

Huffins went on to win the decathlon titles at the 1999 USA Track and Field Championships and Pan-American Championships. He won his first Olympic medal during the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia after taking bronze in the decathlon.

A three-time recipient of USA Track and Field's John H. Bennett Award, Huffins was inducted into the Indiana State Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2000.

At Eastern Michigan, Huffins coached five Mid-American Conference champions and a second team All-American. He also tutored the MAC Newcomer of the Year, an NCAA qualifier and the USA Track and Field Championships triple jump champion.

Huffins was previously an assistant for three years at Wake Forest, coaching the Demon Deacons' first Atlantic Coast Conference champion and NCAA qualifier in the 100- and 200-meters and the ACC 4x100-meter relay team. Following his time in Winston-Salem, Huffins spent time at Georgia Tech, where the Yellow Jackets set several school records in his event areas and won the school's first ACC Championship.

The former head coach at the University of California, Huffins' teams finished among the top 15 at the 2007 NCAA Championships, in addition to leading Cal's women to its highest Pac-10 finish in both 2005 and 2006. During his tenure at California, he coached 23 All-Americans, had five athletes compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials and recruited the Bears' first two NCAA champions since 1990.

In 2008, Huffins took over as sprints, jumps, hurdles and multis coach at Boise State. During his tenure with the Broncos, he coached seven Western Athletic Conference champions, four All-Americans and the 2008 NCAA long jump champion.

Huffins earned a degree in political economics of industrialized societies from California in 2008. He and his wife, Tamika, currently live in Norman and have one son, Zachary.