VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota director of track and field & cross country Lucky Huber has garnered the U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association's Midwest Region Women's Coach of the Year honors.
 
Huber, in his 28th year with the Coyotes, led South Dakota's women to a team title at the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships with 243 points. The Coyotes had eight event champions, including a record-setting 4x100-meter relay, and a total of 16 women were named all-Summit performers. South Dakota qualified 13 entries to the NCAA West Preliminaries with three advancing on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Huber's athletes finished the year with two second-team All-Americans.
 
USD swept the indoor and outdoor Summit League titles in 2022 for the first time in program history. It marked the first indoor/outdoor sweep of conference titles since 2008 when the Coyotes swept the North Central Conference trophies.
 
This marks the eighth career USTFCCCA Region Coach of the Year honor for Huber, albeit the first at the NCAA Division I level. Huber was a twice named the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA (2004, 2008).