Bio

Coach Huss is entering his sixth year as head coach and spent seven seasons as an Assistant Women's Coach and Assistant Manager at Northeastern Junior College.  In his only second season as the head coach, Coach Huss took the team to the National Tournament.  From his National Tournament team, eight players moved onto four-year schools with one of those moving onto a pro career overseas.  Coach Huss is a tireless worker and has established many contacts with four-year schools and works very hard to get NJC athletes to the next level. He has helped NJC players get to Division 1 schools including Colorado State, Weber State, Utah State, Northern Colorado, Idaho State, and many Division ll and NAIA schools. 

Before coming to NJC Coach Huss was an Assistant Women's Basketball coach at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, ND. He helped lead the Wildcats to a respectable 21-10 record. 

From 2003-2005, Coach Huss had been the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, Iowa while working on his Master's Degree at the University of Northern Iowa. At Marshalltown during his second year, Coach Huss helped coach their team to a 25-9 record. In addition, all 10 sophomores from that season left Marshalltown with degrees and went on to NCAA Division I schools, including Iowa State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Utah State University, Binghamton University in New York, and Butler University. 

Coach Huss taught K-6 Physical Education at Pike Valley Elementary/Junior High in Courtland, Kansas from 2000-2003. He coached Junior High football, Junior High Track, and was the Head High School Girls’ Basketball coach. During his three years as the head basketball coach, he compiled a 45-20 record in which he set records for most wins in a season (17) and most wins by a coach at Pike Valley (45). He also led his team to the first winning season in 9 years by going 14-7 in his first year. He also coached his teams to several Linn Tournaments Championships and led his team to their first Pike Trail League Championship game in 10 years. 

Coach Huss graduated in 1994 from Coleridge High School in Coleridge, Nebraska. He attended Northeast Community College and transferred to Wayne State College, where he graduated and received a bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education. Dave graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in August of 2005 with his Master's Degree in Education with an emphasis in Teaching and Coaching.  Coach Huss is married to Megan (Vandenbark) Huss.  Dave and Megan have a daughter named Zyana.