Central Washington University Athletics

Following a standout prep career as a running back at Prosser High School, where he led the state in scoring in 1967, Huard played both fullback and tight end for the Wildcats between 1968-71. As the starting tight end his senior season, he earned AII-Evergreen Conference, All-District, and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics West Coast honorable mention honors, in 1972, he began a 26-year football-coaching career at White Swan High School. He would later coach Foster High School (Tukwila), and Puyallup High School, where he spent 17 seasons. During his tenure, he led the Vikings to 143 wins and 38 losses and the 1987 state championship. Puyallup High also made the title game in 1991 and 1992, and the state semifinals in 1997. Under his tutelage, Puyallup High won nine South Puget Sound League (SPSL) championships and he received SPSL Coach of the Year recognition nine times. Huard was named the Seattle Post-intelligencer and Tacoma News Tribune Coach of the Year in 1987. He also received Tacoma Athletic Commission and National Football Foundation Coach of the Year recognition in 1986, 1987, and 1991, In 1997, the Seattle Seahawks honored him as state Coach of the Year. In 1998, he was inducted into the Washington State Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame and, in 2011, into the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame.