James Huntley enters his fifth year with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire wrestling coaching staff during the 2025-26 season.
Huntley helped the Blugolds place fifth at the NCAA Championships and win their first-ever Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team championship in 2023-24. He was part of a coaching staff which produced a national champion, four All-Americans and six national qualifiers. The Blugolds achieved their highest ever ranking in the National Wrestling Coaches Association rankings that season.
Huntley was a part of the Upper Midwest Regional Coaching Staff of the Year for his efforts in 2021-22. His role within the coaching staff is technique development, individual workouts and practice planning, and preparation and recovery training for the team.
Huntley, a Woodbury, Minnesota, native, graduated from UW-Eau Claire in the spring of 2021. During his four year wrestling career as a Blugold, he was a two-year captain and won over 40 matches.
Before UWEC, Huntley wrestled for four years at Stillwater High School where he earned honors as a state place-winner (2017), state qualifier (2015, 2017), section champion (2015, 2017), first team all-conference (2015, 2016, 2017), and team captain (2016, 2017).
