Blake Huber became the head coach at Eastern New Mexico University in June 2023. He finished his second season with the team after the 2024-25 season.
During the 2024-25 campaign, Huber led the Greyhounds to a 21-10 record returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2020 and winning the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament game, posting the 5th 20-win season in program history. Huber guided the Hounds to a 15-7 conference record, finishing in 4th, improving on a 7-15 record from the season before. Huber led the Greyhounds to their first ever NCAA Tournament win, beating (4) #22 Colorado Mesa 56-52 in Denton, Texas. Season highlights included sweeping West Texas A&M in the season series for the first time in school history, winning at home 74-57 (11/23/24) and on the road 56-43 (2/27/25), along with going 10-1 in the opening eleven games to record the best start in program history. ENMU finished with three all-conference honorees (Nataya Lockett, Ishuana Hunter, and Jayla Smith), while earning four LSC weekly honors. As a team, ENMU notably had the best scoring defense in program history (60.5 ppg), while being the best defensive rebounding team in ENMU history (32.8 opp rpg).
In their first season with the Greyhounds, Huber led the Greyhounds to a 11-17 record, along with a 7-15 standing. The Greyhounds had a handful of key victories including against NCAA Tournament team Adams State (70-58), picking up home wins over West Texas A&M (71-70) and Angelo State (60-55), along with a season sweep of Western New Mexico (51-45, 53-45). Huber guided three Greyhounds to all-conference honors in their first season: Jaz Salon (All-Freshman), Deja Adrian (All-LSC Second Team), and Ishuana Hunter (All-LSC Third Team).
Huber spent the 2022-23 season as the head coach at Texas A&M-Texarkana where he took the Eagles to a 29-2 (.935) mark, including an undefeated conference record, 20-0 (1.000). In his first season, he was named the Red River Conference Coach of the Year. He led the team to their first ever tournament appearance and victory, advancing to the second round of the NAIA national tournament with a win over Grand View.
Prior to his time in Texarkana, he spent two years as the assistant coach at Arkansas Tech where he served as the recruiting coordinator. With the Golden Suns, he helped the team earn the top seed in the east division of the Great American Conference in 2021 and advance to the South Central regional tournament. In 2021-22, the program went 16-13 and made it to the conference tournament championship game with a pair of postseason wins.
From 2018-2020 he was the assistant coach at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. In his first season with the Vaqueros, they went 18-15 (.545) and earned a bid into the WBI (Women’s Basketball Invitational). The team lost in the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship game in double overtime, 76-73, to New Mexico State. A win would have marked the first appearance for UTRGV in the NCAA tournament.
During the 2017-18 season, he was with Henderson State as the assistant coach where he managed scouting reports, developed workout plans, and served as the recruiting coordinator. The Reddies went 21-9, improving the win total from the previous season by 13 victories and earning the fourth most wins over the 50+ years of the team. HSU’s 16 conference wins are the most in school history in a single season.
Huber got his start in coaching as an undergrad. He spent his first season in 2013-14 at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri where the team advanced to the Elite 8 with a 27-4 record. From 2014-2017, he was a student assistant at Pittsburg State. He helped with scouting, recruiting, and in-game adjustments with the Gorillas. Over three seasons, he saw the team go 81-19, including trips to the NCAA tournament all three years. The 2015-16 squad earned wins over Sioux Falls, Arkansas Tech, and Emporia State to earn the bid into the Elite 8.
As an assistant coach, he holds a 190-78 record with five NCAA regional appearances.
Huber graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication with an emphasis in public relations from Pittsburg State in 2017.