Allegheny
College Director of Athletics and Recreation, Betsy Mitchell, announced
Lance Huber as the College’s head men’s and women’s swimming and diving
coach on Wednesday. Huber comes from an established background
including his most recent position as the head coach at Luther College.
“I
am pleased and excited to welcome Lance to the Allegheny community.”
said Mitchell. “He brings a wealth of championship caliber experience
to our historic swimming program. Lance is excited by the challenge to
compete in the strongest conference in the country and sees it as a
critical tool in getting the Allegheny teams back into the national
picture.”
Throughout
his nine-year tenure as head swimming and diving coach at Luther, Huber
has a total of 13 combined Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(IIAC) titles, including six straight for the women’s program and seven
on the men’s side. During Luther’s conference championship run, he was
named IIAC Coach of the Year six times and Liberal Arts Regional Coach
of the Year five times. Huber has mentored 14 All-Americans, over 70
Liberal Arts individual champions and 35 national qualifiers.
“We
are absolutely excited to become a part of the Allegheny family,” said
Huber. “I am thrilled for the opportunity to take the program to a new
level from the great foundation that has been established over the
years.”
Prior
to working at Luther, Huber was the men’s and women’s swimming coach at
Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 1999-2001. He
developed a nationally-ranked NAIA program in just two years, including
five-time national champion.
Not
only has Huber succeeded as a coach, he was also a very dominant
swimmer at the University of South Dakota, where he graduated in
1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Exercise Science.
Huber was a 12-time All-American and 16-time North Central Conference
(NCC) champion. He was named the NCC Male Sprinter of the Year in 1992
and earned NCC Male Swimmer of the Year in 1993. After graduation,
Huber spent two years as an assistant coach at his alma mater.
“Lance impressed me and members of the Allegheny community with his knowledge of swimming, communication and motivation skills and the desire to live and work at a premier liberal arts college such as Allegheny,” said Mitchell. “Lance, his wife and two small children will be an outstanding addition to the larger Meadville community.”
