Alan Huss
{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Alan Huss
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| current_title = Associate head coach
| current_team = Creighton
| current_conference = Big East
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|15}}
| birth_place = Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 1997–2001
| player_team1 = Creighton
| coach_years1 = 2004–2006
| coach_team1 = Eisenhower HS (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2006–2007
| coach_team2 = Decatur Christian HS
| coach_years3 = 2007–2010
| coach_team3 = Culver Military
| coach_years4 = 2010–2014
| coach_team4 = La Lumiere School
| coach_years5 = 2014–2017
| coach_team5 = New Mexico (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2017–2023
| coach_team6 = Creighton (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2023–2025
| coach_team7 = High Point
| coach_years8 = 2025–present
| coach_team8 = Creighton (associate HC)
| overall_record = {{winpct|56|15|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA Division I)
2–1 (CBI)
| championships = Big South tournament (2025)
2 Big South regular season (2024, 2025)
| awards = 2× Big South Coach of the Year (2024, 2025)
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Alan Huss (born January 15, 1979) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=https://highpointpanthers.com/news/2023/3/27/mens-basketball-high-point-names-alan-huss-mens-basketball-head-coach.aspx|title=High Point Names Alan Huss Men’s Basketball Head Coach|website=High Point University Athletics}} He previously served as head coach at High Point from 2023 to 2025.
Playing career
Huss played for North Kansas City High School where he averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds per game his senior year.{{Cite web |title=Alan Huss 2000-01 |url=https://gocreighton.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/alan-huss/1448 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=Creighton Athletics}}
Huss then played college basketball at Creighton under Dana Altman from 1997 to 2001 where he was teammates with Kyle Korver and part of three NCAA tournament teams. He played in 94 games over the four years averaging 3.2 points per game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/alan-huss-1.html|title=Alan Huss College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://gocreighton.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/alan-huss/4147|title=Alan Huss - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches|website=Creighton University Athletics}}
Coaching career
High school and assistant coaching
Huss entered coaching at the high school ranks in 2004, working his way up to becoming the head coach at Culver Military Academy in 2007 before moving on to La Lumiere School. At La Lumiere, Huss would compile a 102–19 record in four seasons. His first job in the college ranks would come via New Mexico, under Craig Neal from 2014 to 2017 before returning to his alma mater to join Greg McDermott's staff at Creighton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/04/20/ex-nm-aide-alan-huss-joining-staff-at-alma-mater-creighton/100709876/|title=Ex-NM aide Alan Huss joining staff at alma mater Creighton|website=USA TODAY}}
High Point
On March 27, 2023, Huss was named the 14th head coach in High Point history, replacing G.G. Smith.{{Cite web|url=https://journalnow.com/sports/college/high-point-university-names-creighton-assistant-alan-huss-as-its-next-mens-basketball-coach/article_9dd6e6d0-ccf4-11ed-bd0f-9f66b5b7fcfe.html|title=High Point University names Creighton assistant Alan Huss as its next men's basketball coach|first=JOHN DELL Staff|last=Reporter|website=Winston-Salem Journal}} He had success his first year with the Panthers, winning the Joe B. Hall mid-season coaching award, which honors the top first-time head coach in Division I college basketball.{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2024 |title=High Point's Alan Huss is the recipient of the 2023-24 Joe B. Hall mid-season coaching honors. |url=https://www.joebhall.com/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=jobhall.com}} High Point concluded the regular season as the Big South regular season champions,{{Cite news|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2024/2/24/high-point-clinches-share-of-mens-basketball-regular-season-championship.aspx|title=High Point Clinches Share of Men's Basketball Regular-Season Championship|work=Big South Sports|access-date=March 27, 2024|language=en}} and Huss was named the Big South Coach of the Year.{{Cite news|url=https://highpointpanthers.com/news/2024/3/5/mens-basketball-five-panthers-named-to-big-south-all-conference-teams-coach-alan-huss-named-coach-of-the-year.aspx|title=Five Panthers Named to Big South All-Conference Teams; Coach Alan Huss Named Coach of the Year|work=High Point Panthers|access-date=March 27, 2024|language=en}} By the end of the season, High Point finished with a 27–9 record, the most single-season wins since the 1978–79 team, and was the runner-up in the 2024 College Basketball Invitational.{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39823786/seattle-u-closes-high-point-capture-first-cbi-title|title=Seattle U closes out High Point to capture first CBI title|work=ESPN|access-date=March 28, 2024|language=en}}
In his second year as head coach, Huss again led High Point to being the Big South regular season champions.{{Cite web|last=Snipes|first=Kadie|date=February 27, 2025|title=Panthers Crowned Back-to-Back Big South Regular Season Champions|url=https://highpointpanthers.com/news/2025/2/27/mens-basketball-panthers-crowned-back-to-back-big-south-regular-season-champions.aspx#:~:text=High%20Point%20finished%20the%20Big,back%2Dto%2Dback%20seasons.&text=This%20marks%20the%20first%20time,in%20HPU%20Division%20I%20history|access-date=March 10, 2025|website=High Point Panthers}} As a result, Huss was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award,{{Cite web|last=Snipes|first=Kadie|date=March 5, 2025|title=Huss Named Finalist for Hugh Durham Award|url=https://highpointpanthers.com/news/2025/3/5/mens-basketball-huss-named-finalist-for-hugh-durham-award.aspx|access-date=March 10, 2025|website=High Point Panthers}} and became the first coach to win the Big South Coach of the Year award for two consecutive years.{{Cite web|date=March 4, 2025|title=Big South Announces 2024–25 Men's Basketball Annual Award Winners|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2025/3/4/big-south-announces-2024-25-mens-basketball-annual-award-winners.aspx|access-date=March 10, 2025|website=Big South Sports}} Huss also received a contract extension from High Point.{{Cite web|date=March 6, 2025|title=HPU’s Huss, Banbury receive contract extensions|url=https://www.hpenews.com/newsletters/hpu-s-huss-banbury-receive-contract-extensions/article_a216ad0d-9233-5e9e-b68b-709bb551997f.html|access-date=March 10, 2025|website=The High Point Enterprise}} In the 2025 Big South Tournament, Huss led High Point to winning the championship and reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.{{Cite web|last=Peters|first=Jim|date=March 12, 2025|title=Building Winners: Former La Lumiere coach Huss has High Point in NCAA Tournament|url=https://www.lpheralddispatch.com/sports/building-winners-former-la-lumiere-coach-huss-has-high-point-in-ncaa-tournament-in-his/article_6892ddd3-b4e3-53e6-971d-359d875d05bf.html|access-date=March 16, 2025|website=La Porte County Herald–Dispatch}}{{Cite web|last1=Root|first2=Jim|last2=Schnell|first=Lindsay|date=March 9, 2025|title=High Point, Lipscomb, Drake, Omaha secure NCAA Tournament auto bids with conference title wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6188637/2025/03/09/ncaa-tournament-automatic-bids-mens-basketball-2025/|access-date=March 10, 2025|website=The Athletic}}
=Return to Creighton=
After the 2024–25 season, Huss was named the associate head coach back at Creighton.{{Cite web|last=Nemitz|first=Tom|date=April 10, 2025|title=Former Bluejay Player and Assistant Alan Huss Set to Return to Creighton as Head Coach in Waiting|url=https://whiteandbluereview.com/former-bluejay-player-and-assistant-alan-huss-reportedly-set-to-return-to-creighton-as-head-coach-in-waiting/|access-date=April 16, 2025|website=White & Blue Review}} Huss' position stipulates that he will become the next head coach at Creighton when current coach Greg McDermott retires.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Madison|date=April 10, 2025|title=Creighton Names High Point Coach Alan Huss As Greg McDermott's Successor|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/creighton-alan-huss-greg-mcdermott|access-date=April 16, 2025|website=Sports Illustrated}}
Head coaching record
= NCAA Division I =
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = High Point Panthers
| conference = Big South
| startyear = 2023
| endyear = 2025
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2023–24
| name = High Point
| overall = 27–9
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CBI Runner–up
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2024–25
| name = High Point
| overall = 29–6
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = High Point
| overall = {{Winning percentage|56|15|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|27|5|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|56|15|record=y}}
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References
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