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Amherst College

Amherst College Athletics
 Alumni Gymnasium - 266 S. Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 01002
Division 3 Massachusetts Northeast
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Jen Hughes

2022 was Jen Hughes's 19th season at the helm of the Amherst College women's soccer program which has become one of the premiere teams in NCAA Division III. Since taking the reins in 2004, Hughes has led Amherst to a 27-64-35 overall record, four NESCAC titles, and 13 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. She is the all-time winningest coach in program history, surpassing legend Michelle Morgan with her 208th win on Oct. 30th, 2021.


Hughes, along with assistants Su DelGuercio and Jeff Huffman, were named the United Soccer Coaches Region I Coaching Staff of the Year in 2022.


In 2015, Hughes directed the Purple & White to a 11-3-3 overall record with a 6-2-2 ledger in NESCAC action en route to securing the team's 16th consecutive conference postseason berth. The Purple & White also earned its fifth straight NCAA postseason appearance and 15th overall following the 11-win campaign.


During her time in Western Massachusetts, Hughes has led Amherst to several outstanding seasons, but the 2011 campaign was one of the best in program history. The Purple & White set several team records while winning their first 20 games, notably claiming the NESCAC title before cruising through the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament. Amherst finished its incredible season at 20-1-0 after falling to eventual champion Messiah in the quarterfinals, with Hughes getting recognized as the NESCAC and NSCAA New England Coach of the Year.


A 1997 graduate of Colgate University, Hughes spent two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater before earning master's degrees in both business administration and sport management at UMass-Amherst. She was one of the best women's soccer players in Colgate history, leading the Division I Red Raiders to three consecutive Patriot League Championships and earning countless individual honors. Graduating as Colgate's all-time leader in goals (40), assists (26) and points (106), Hughes was a 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and a winner of the ECAC Merit Medal for excellence in academics and athletics.


Following her senior season, Hughes was selected to play on the Region 1 team at the 1998 U.S. National Soccer Festival and earned a spot on the W-League team for the New York Magic of the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues (USISL). She went on to play professionally for Tyreso FF of the Damallsvenskan Futbol League in Stockholm, Sweden, and was one of 250 players world wide invited to the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) combine and player draft. Hughes is one of only two players in Colgate women's soccer history to have her jersey number retired.

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Su DelGuercio

Su DelGuercio is entering her sixth year as the Women's Soccer Assistant Coach.


DelGuercio spent the last two years serving as a faculty member and coaching various sports, including girls varsity soccer, at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass, and prior to that had an extensive run as an assistant coach at the University of Redlands (California).


With Redlands, DelGuercio helped oversee a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) regular season championship in 2015 and a post-season conference championship in 2014, which led to a spot in the NCAA Round of 32. From 2012-2016, DelGuercio helped coach an NSCAA All-American, 6 NSCAA All-West Selections, one CoSIDA Academic All-American and 11 All-Conference selections, including a SCIAC Player of the Year and a SCIAC Newcomer of the Year. In 2015, she was part of a Redlands staff that was named SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year.


At the same time, she earned two graduate degrees from Redlands, an MBA in 2014 and a Master of Higher Education in 2016.


DelGuercio stayed on at her alma mater for one year after graduation to serve as an assistant coach, helping the Mules to a 7-7-1 record and a NESCAC postseason appearance.

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Jeff Huffman

Assistant Coach Jeff Huffman looks forward to his fifth season at Amherst in 2022. This will be Huffman’s fifth season as men’s goalkeeper coach and fourth in the same role for the women’s team. In total, Huffman has seen 13 different goalkeepers on his teams receive individual postseason accolades in 18 seasons of collegiate soccer.


It was a special 2021 season for Huffman. The men’s side advanced to the national title game as his goalkeepers combined on the season for the most shutouts (15) and lowest goals against average (0.41) in all of Division III men’s soccer. Additionally, Kofi Hope-Gund was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. On the women’s side, Mika Fisher was named the United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America goalie in her debut collegiate season.


During the 2019 season, the men’s goalkeepers recorded the lowest goals against average and had the highest save percentage in NESCAC play. After the 2018 season, Bernie White was tabbed by New England Soccer Journal as one of the top three Division III freshman goalkeepers in all of New England. On the women’s side, the 2019 season saw the goalkeepers combine to record the fewest goals allowed and record the highest save percentage for the entire season of all NESCAC squads. After the 2018 & 2019 seasons, women’s goalkeeper Antonia Tammaro was named Second Team All-NESCAC.


Previously, Huffman was part of the staff at rival Williams College for parts of 10 seasons. During his time at Williams, Huffman was part of a coaching staff that guided three teams to the national semifinals while seeing seven players move on to the professional ranks during his time on staff. At one time or another at Williams, he served as a volunteer, second and first assistant coach. His past on-field duties included serving as goalkeeper coach and reserve team head coach. During his time as goalkeeper coach, he oversaw the development of Nick Armington, who is one of only three NCAA Division III goalkeepers to ever make an MLS regular season roster, and Than Finan. Finan was tabbed as an All-American after the 2012 season, the first All-American goalkeeper produced at Williams in a quarter century. In addition to those two, goalkeeper Peter Morrell was named Second Team NSCAA All-New England North at the conclusion of the 2013 season and Christian Alcorn was named Second Team NSCAA All-New England North at the conclusion of the 2016 season. As reserve team head coach, Huffman posted a .600 winning percentage over four seasons.


Outside of Williams, Huffman’s resume includes a head coaching stint at NJCAA Division I Garden City Community College in Kansas as head men’s and women’s coach (2004-2006) and as head women’s coach/director of soccer operations (2007-2009). He had a winning percentage of .625 as head men’s coach, while seeing his women’s program make the Region VI Tournament four out of five seasons. In total, six of his players moved on to the NCAA Division I level. His assistant during that time, Stephen Gorton, went on to be named one of the top 12 NCAA Division I assistants in the country by CollegeSoccerNews.com in spring 2016 and is currently the head men’s soccer coach at NCAA Division I Purdue Fort Wayne of the Horizon League.


In addition, Huffman spent the 2010 season as the men’s goalkeeper coach at NCAA Division I University at Albany. In his one season on staff, he coached Trinidad and Tobago men’s national team goalkeeper Adrian Foncette. Foncette was in between the sticks for the T&T squad that knocked the U.S. men’s national team out of FIFA World Cup qualifying in October 2017.


Huffman is a licensed coach through the USSF, while having earned his Advanced National Diploma and Goalkeeping Level 3 Diploma through the United Soccer Coaches organization. He is employed full-time at Interprint in Pittsfield and resides in North Adams.

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