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Massachusetts Football Welcomes Savon Huggins As Running Backs Coach
January 21, 2021 | Football
Former Rutgers, Northern Iowa rusher joins UMass coaching staff
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts football and head coach Walt Bell announced the addition of Savon Huggins to the staff as the team's running backs coach on Thursday.
Huggins comes to UMass following one season on the University of Buffalo football staff. He served as a wide receivers assistant during the 2020 season, during which the Bulls went 6-1 overall, including 5-0 in the MAC, won the Camellia Bowl and ended the year ranked No. 25 in the nation.
While at Buffalo, Huggins helped the Bulls' wide receivers corps average 13.6 yards per catch across nine receivers and post seven touchdowns. Antonio Nunn highlighted the group as an All-MAC Second Team honoree and an East-West Shrine Bowl selection.
Previously, Huggins coached at the high school level with three seasons on-staff at Somerville High School (N.J.) as a running backs, receivers and defensive backs coach and one at his alma mater, St. Peter's Prep.
In his lone season coaching at St. Peter's Prep, Huggins guided the running backs as the Marauders won the 2019 Group 4 State Championship and reached the No. 1 ranking in the NJ.com Top-20. Somerville won 32 games, three Mid-State 38 Conference Championships and the 2016 Central Group 3 Sectional Championship during his tenure from 2016-18.
Huggins spent four seasons at Rutgers (2011-14) and capped his Scarlet Knight days with 261 carries for 842 yards and nine touchdowns. Rutgers appeared in four bowl games during his four seasons and claimed the school's first-ever Big East Championship. He spent one season at the University of Northern Iowa in 2015, accumulated 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and helped the Panthers reached the NCAA Division I FCS Championship Quarterfinals.
Huggins graduated Rutgers in 2014 with a degree in economics and earned a master's degree in education from Northern Iowa in 2015.
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Huggins comes to UMass following one season on the University of Buffalo football staff. He served as a wide receivers assistant during the 2020 season, during which the Bulls went 6-1 overall, including 5-0 in the MAC, won the Camellia Bowl and ended the year ranked No. 25 in the nation.
While at Buffalo, Huggins helped the Bulls' wide receivers corps average 13.6 yards per catch across nine receivers and post seven touchdowns. Antonio Nunn highlighted the group as an All-MAC Second Team honoree and an East-West Shrine Bowl selection.
Previously, Huggins coached at the high school level with three seasons on-staff at Somerville High School (N.J.) as a running backs, receivers and defensive backs coach and one at his alma mater, St. Peter's Prep.
In his lone season coaching at St. Peter's Prep, Huggins guided the running backs as the Marauders won the 2019 Group 4 State Championship and reached the No. 1 ranking in the NJ.com Top-20. Somerville won 32 games, three Mid-State 38 Conference Championships and the 2016 Central Group 3 Sectional Championship during his tenure from 2016-18.
Huggins spent four seasons at Rutgers (2011-14) and capped his Scarlet Knight days with 261 carries for 842 yards and nine touchdowns. Rutgers appeared in four bowl games during his four seasons and claimed the school's first-ever Big East Championship. He spent one season at the University of Northern Iowa in 2015, accumulated 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and helped the Panthers reached the NCAA Division I FCS Championship Quarterfinals.
Huggins graduated Rutgers in 2014 with a degree in economics and earned a master's degree in education from Northern Iowa in 2015.
Follow Massachusetts football on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (@UMassFootball).
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