Maggie Huffaker - Softball Coach - Boise State University Athletics

Maggie Huffaker

Title:
Head Coach - Softball
Email:
softball@boisestate.edu
Phone:
208-426-5999

BOISE STATE TENURE

Maggie Huffaker is in her third year as Boise State’s head softball coach. Huffaker joined the Bronco family on July 5, 2018 as the third head coach in program history.

Huffaker made an immediate impact on the momentum of the program in her first season. In 2019, she guided the Broncos to the NCAA Championship for the second time in history and the first as an at-large selection. Huffaker was one of four first-year head coaches to make the NCAA tournament and finished out the season with the highest winning percentage of any first-year head coach in the nation.

At the Gainesville Regional, Boise State earned its first NCAA tournament win in its history with a 9-1 victory over Stanford. The Broncos went 2-2 overall in Florida and reached the regional championship for the first time ever and became the 10th Mountain West team to reach a region final.

Boise State also entered the polls for the first time in program history during the 2019 campaign, and ended the year ranked 35th in the RPI — the highest end-of-season ranking in history. In addition, Huffaker’s 2019 Broncos finished the season with a 36-16 overall record, which ranked as the second-highest total number of wins ever. Boise State also won 17-straight games, which is the longest winning streak to date, while becoming the fastest Bronco team to reach the 30-win threshold in the program’s 12-year existence.

Long regarded for her work with hitters, Boise State’s offense enjoyed success in her debut season. The Broncos set program records for triples (17) and home runs (64), while also ranking in the top 20 nationally in batting average (12th; .320), scoring (10th; 6.38) and slugging percentage (10th; .525).

Five players earned All-Mountain West honors on the season, while Kora Wade, Bradie Fillmore and Rebekah Cervantes were selected to NFCA All-Pacific Region teams.
Unfortunately, Huffaker’s second campaign with the Blue and Orange in 2020 was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Broncos finished their abbreviated season at 14-11 overall and were headed into conference play when the year ended. Three student-athletes, Bradie Fillmore, Karlee Johnson and Alison Seng, received postseason All-MW honors.

BOISE STATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Some of Huffaker’s accomplishments at Boise State include: one NCAA Regional appearance and one NCAA regional championship appearance; two winning seasons; student-athletes have earned three NFCA All-Region honors, eight All-MW accolades. Academically, her team has earned one NFCA Academic Team Award, nine NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete accolades, 29 Academic All-MW and 20 MW Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA) honors.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE

Prior to coming to Boise State, Huffaker spent the previous seven seasons at Utah, her final two as associate head coach. She helped lead the Utes to the NCAA tournament in three-consecutive seasons (2015-17), including back-to-back Super Regional appearances in 2016 and 2017.

Prior to joining the Utes, Huffaker spent five seasons at her alma mater, UNLV. Following two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach (2007-08), she spent 2009-11 as a full-time assistant, helping lead the Rebels to the NCAA Tournament in 2009.

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

During Huffaker’s 14 years of collegiate coaching, as a head and assistant, she has coached teams to five NCAA tournament appearances with two Super Regional appearances; while student-athletes have garnered three NFCA All-American and 23 NFCA All-Region honors, one conference pitcher of the year and one player of the year, 34 all-conference accolades and 88 academic all-conference awards.

PERSONAL

The former Maggie Livreri married Cody Huffaker in July of 2019, the couple lives in Boise.

Originally from Las Vegas, Huffaker began her collegiate career at Colorado State University-Pueblo before transferring to UNLV for her final two seasons (2005-06). She earned a bachelor’s degree in university studies in 2006, and a master’s in higher education leadership in 2008, both from UNLV.