Kim Huggins-Habbert – Head Coach

Biography

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Kim Huggins-Habbert begins her ninth season as the head coach of the Wilmington volleyball program in 2012. Being the only coach in program history since the University joined the NCAA Division II ranks in 2004, she enters the 2012 season with a 137-129 overall record.

Bringing six players back from 2011, including her top four attack players, Huggins will look to improve upon an already impressive 20-10 overall record from last season. The 2011 squad went 14-5 in the conference and advanced to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament semifinals. As the South Division’s third seed, the Wildcats went to Dominican, the North Division’s second seed, and took down the Chargers, 3-1, in the quarterfinals.

In her first season as head coach, Huggins coached the team to a perfect 20-0 CACC record and a 27-9 overall record. The team won both the CACC regular season and tournament titles, earning the program and University’s first berth into the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional Championship.

Huggins became the head coach of the Wildcat program after one year as an assistant in 2003 where she once again helped coach the team to a perfect 18-0 conference record and a 27-10 overall record. That team was unable to compete in the CACC Tournament, however, due to the NCAA provisional time table.

Prior to joining the Wilmington University ranks, Huggins spent 10 years at the helm of the Christiana High School bench in Newark, Del. She helped lead the Vikings to two Blue Hen Conference titles and an appearance in the Delaware State finals. She was awarded the Delaware Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association Coach of the Year award in 1995 and finished her high school coaching career with a record of 113-66.

Huggins became a coach after a successful collegiate career at NCAA Division I James Madison University where she was an outside hitter and a defensive specialist for the Dukes.

She is very active in all areas of volleyball in Delaware. Huggins serves on the board of the Delaware Volleyball Coaches Association and is the director of First State Volleyball club which promotes volleyball players ranging from ages 11 through 18. That club has sent two teams to the United States Volleyball Association National Tournament.

Huggins graduated from James Madison University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and secondary education and earned her master’s degree in school counseling from Wilmington University. She is currently employed as a guidance counselor at Christiana High School.

Huggins-Habbert Year by Year Coaching Record: