INDIANAPOLIS -- Colby Huffman has been hired as the men's golf coach at Butler University. Vice President/Director of Athletics Barry Collier made the announcement Monday, June 28.
Huffman replaces Bill Mattingly, who retired following the 2021 season after leading the Bulldogs since 2007.
Huffman spent the 2021 season as a volunteer assistant at Butler, but also brings extensive coaching experience from the collegiate, professional and junior ranks. In 2021, Huffman helped
Michael Cascino to the BIG EAST title as a member of Mattingly's staff.
"Colby's extensive background and approach to teaching stood out among a strong pool of candidates," said Collier. "He had a great impact on our team during the 2021 season and we're excited for him to lead our program moving forward."
Huffman served as an assistant for the men's and women's programs at IUPUI from 2009-2018. During that time, the Jaguars broke every school performance record, captured conference championships and had made appearances at the NCAA Regional. In 2012, the IUPUI men's team won an NCAA-best seven tournaments.
Beginning in 2015, Huffman began working with a number of IUPUI student-athletes across multiple sports as a sport performance consultant, focusing on performance enhancement through mental training.
Huffman has been recognized as a Golf Channel Academy Lead Coach since 2017. He has twice been selected as the Golf Channel's National Coach of the Week, has performed more than 20 instruction videos at the Golf Channel studios, and has appeared on both the Morning Drive and School of Golf television programs.
He has worked with numerous touring professionals including major champions Shaun Micheel and I.K. Kim. Huffman has been recognized by Golf Digest in their selection of "Best Teachers" every year since 2013 and was selected as the PGA Teacher of the Year for the state of Indiana in 2012, the youngest ever in the state at the age of 35.
Huffman served as the director of training and the lead instructor at the Hank Haney IJGA from 2004-09. He trained more than 15 instructors, including former PGA Tour professionals, on how to teach and coach. He developed eight Junior All-Americans and was the only coach in the world to develop two Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award recipients in the same year (2008).
As a student-athlete at Purdue, Huffman earned Academic All-Big Ten honors from 1996-2000 and was a 1999 USAA All-American Scholar. He received his bachelor's in 1999 and his master's in 2001 from Purdue. He is expected to earn his Ph.D. in Psychology, Specialization in Sport Psychology in 2021 from San Diego University for Integrative Studies.
