Young Harris College Athletics

In year six, Huffman led the women's basketball program to its winningest 5 years in program history since joining the DII era. The 2024-2025 team has received votes in the southeast region rankings. This is the best defensive 5 years in program history as well - as the Mountain Lions were top 15 in NCAA DiI in FG% defense and rebounding margin during the regular season. Huffman led YH to 22 wins in 31 games, breaking the program record for wins in a season. The Mountain Lions hosted and won the first round of the Conference Carolinas Tournament, taking down King University. Young Harris advanced to Spartanburg, South Carolina, where the team took down UNC Pembroke in the Quarterfinals, advancing to the semifinals. Lindsey coached the Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Player of the Year in Annalise Malone. Two players made the All-Conference Carolinas Team.

In Young Harris' Conference Carolinas debut, the Mountain Lions finished with an overall record of 16-14 in the 2023-2024 season. These 16 wins was the most overall wins the program has had since 2016. 11 conference wins was the most in YHC WBB history as well. Huffman led the Mountain Lions to host their first post-season playoff game in program history and beat Converse University to advance to the Conference Carolinas semi-finals. It is notable that newcomer Crystal Corley received All-Conference team honors this season. Huffman won her 200th career game on February 17th, 2024 vs King University. 

The Mountain Lions won 15 games and qualified for the Peach Belt Conference Tournament for the third time in four seasons in 2022-23. Young Harris advanced to the finals of the PBC Tournament for the first tine in program history. YHC swept season series with region powers University of North Georgia and Lander University for the first time in program history. Mackenzie Johnson, who became the program's first-ever All-American as she was named to three different teams, was named the Player of the Year in the PBC and the Southeast Region Player of the Year by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. Johnson finished third in NCAA Division II statistics in double doubles (21) and rebounds (383), and fourth in rebounding per game (13.2). 

The Mountain Lions won 13 games and advanced to the Peach Belt Tournament in 2021-22. Young Harris was ranked as high as No. 8 in the Women's Basketball Division II Southeast Region Media Poll for the first time in program history.  Johnson, who was ranked 22nd nationally in NCAA Division II in rebounds per game (10.7) was named to the All-Peach Belt third team.

During the abbreviated 2020-21 CoVID season, the Mountain Lions finished fourth in NCAA Division II statistics in three-point field goal percentage (.398) and fifth in three-point field goal defense (.250). Carly Winters, who finished sixth in the country in three-point field goals made per game (3.30) and in three-point shooting (.508), was named to the All-Peach Belt third team.

Huffman took over a Young Harris program in 2019-20 and won as many games that season as the team has had in the past two years combined. Huffman led the Mountain Lions to a 15-14 overall record. That's the most wins for a YHC women's basketball team since the 2013-14 and an improvement of nine wins over the previous season. YHC made their first-ever PBC Tournament appearance this season with the second-best scoring defense in the league (61.6 ppg). The Mountain Lions were also ranked in the PBC's top five in rebounds per game (36.6), field goal percentage defense (.378) and rebound margin (+3.9). Huffman was named Peach Belt Coach of the Year and was the first to receive this accolade for Women's Basketball head coaches at YHC.

Huffman comes to the Enchanted Valley after spending seven seasons as head coach of Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia. Huffman led the Eagles to a 137-88 record (.609 winning percentage) and Reinhardt earned three trips to the NAIA Division II National Tournament.
  
Huffman turned around the women’s basketball program at Reinhardt. In four seasons prior to her arrival, the Eagles had a combined record of 49-75. She led Reinhardt to Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament title and a trip to nationals in her first season in 2013.  Huffman led the Eagles to back-to-back AAC regular-season titles and trips to the national tournament in 2017 and 2018. Huffman was named the AAC Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018 as the Eagles won more than 25 games each season.
 
Her Reinhardt teams were consistently ranked in the top 10 in NAIA Division II statistics in scoring defense and team defensive field goal percentage.  In the classroom, the Eagles have graduated 24 academic all-conference players and produced a cumulative team GPA of 3.2 or higher for seven consecutive years.
 
Prior to coming to Reinhardt, Huffman got her coaching start as a graduate assistant women’s basketball coach at North Georgia. She then spent a season as the assistant varsity girls’ basketball coach at Roswell High School, before returning to UNG for three seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach.
 
The Woodstock, Georgia, native is currently Etowah High School’s leading scorer and is ranked within the top 20 in career points in the state of Georgia. As a standout point guard, Huffman earned a NCAA Division I scholarship to Brigham Young University. After a year at BYU and multiple knee injuries, Huffman transferred back home to North Georgia where she finished out her career and helped lead UNG to a 23-4 record and the regular season Peach Belt Conference title in UNG’s first year at NCAA Division II level.
 
Huffman earned her bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s degree in education from North Georgia.

Updated 7.9.25