Football
Huggins, Savon
Savon Huggins
- Title:
- Running Backs
- Email:
- hugginse@bc.edu
- Phone:
- 552-3010
Savon Huggins begins his third season as running backs coach at Boston College. In 2023, Eagles running backs rushed for 2,584 yards with a 4.71 yards per carry average; contributing to the second-ranked rushing attack in the ACC at 198.8 yards per game. Kye Robichaux ranked seventh in the league at 70.9 yards per game, totaling 780 yards, eight touchdowns and a 4.79 yards per carry average.
He arrived on the Heights for the 2021 season as a recruiting advisor after a brief stint as the running backs coach at Massachusetts. The former Rutgers running back worked with BC backs in the fall.
Huggins helped running back Pat Garwo earn a spot on the All-ACC Second Team along with All-New England honors. Garwo was the No. 4 rusher in the ACC with 1,045 yards, becoming the 19th BC player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Garwo had four 100-yard rushing performances and scored seven touchdowns on the ground in 2021.
In 2022, Garwo put up career numbers as a receiver out of the backfield with 29 catches; ranking second on the team behind All-American Zay Flowers.
Huggins got his start in coaching at Somerville (N.J.) High School, gained experience as an intern with the Miami Dolphins, and broke into the college ranks at Buffalo in 2020 as a wide receivers assistant.
At Somerville, Huggins worked as an assistant on offense and defense as the team posted a cumulative 32-3 record between 2016-18 and won a state title in 2017. Following a fellowship with the Dolphins, he returned to his high school alma mater of St. Peter’s Prep (N.J.) to win a state title as an offensive assistant.
As a player, Huggins spent four seasons at Rutgers and earned his degree in economics in three and a half years. He missed his senior year due to injury after compiling 842 rushing yards, nine rushing touchdowns and 20 receptions in his first three seasons. The Scarlet Knights played in a bowl game in all four years of his career. He was named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team in 2014.
Huggins went on to earn his master’s degree from Northern Iowa in sports psychology. He ran 59 times for 232 yards with a pair of rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown during the 2015 season.
He and his wife Victoria have two sons; Zion and Zayden.
The Huggins File
Birthday: June 21, 1993
Hometown: Jackson, N.J.
High School: St. Peter’s Prep
Alma Mater: Rutgers, 2015
Degrees: Economics; Master’s in Sports Psychology from Northern Iowa, 2016
Family: Wife Victoria; sons Zion and Zayden
Coaching Career
2022-present: Boston College (Running Backs)
2021: Boston College (Recruiting Advisor)
2021: UMass (Running Backs)
2020: Buffalo (Wide Receivers Assistant)
2019: St. Peter’s Prep (Offensive Assistant)
2019: Miami Dolphins (Fellowship)
2016-18: Somerville (N.J.) High School (Offensive & Defensive Assistant)
He arrived on the Heights for the 2021 season as a recruiting advisor after a brief stint as the running backs coach at Massachusetts. The former Rutgers running back worked with BC backs in the fall.
Huggins helped running back Pat Garwo earn a spot on the All-ACC Second Team along with All-New England honors. Garwo was the No. 4 rusher in the ACC with 1,045 yards, becoming the 19th BC player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Garwo had four 100-yard rushing performances and scored seven touchdowns on the ground in 2021.
In 2022, Garwo put up career numbers as a receiver out of the backfield with 29 catches; ranking second on the team behind All-American Zay Flowers.
Huggins got his start in coaching at Somerville (N.J.) High School, gained experience as an intern with the Miami Dolphins, and broke into the college ranks at Buffalo in 2020 as a wide receivers assistant.
At Somerville, Huggins worked as an assistant on offense and defense as the team posted a cumulative 32-3 record between 2016-18 and won a state title in 2017. Following a fellowship with the Dolphins, he returned to his high school alma mater of St. Peter’s Prep (N.J.) to win a state title as an offensive assistant.
As a player, Huggins spent four seasons at Rutgers and earned his degree in economics in three and a half years. He missed his senior year due to injury after compiling 842 rushing yards, nine rushing touchdowns and 20 receptions in his first three seasons. The Scarlet Knights played in a bowl game in all four years of his career. He was named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team in 2014.
Huggins went on to earn his master’s degree from Northern Iowa in sports psychology. He ran 59 times for 232 yards with a pair of rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown during the 2015 season.
He and his wife Victoria have two sons; Zion and Zayden.
The Huggins File
Birthday: June 21, 1993
Hometown: Jackson, N.J.
High School: St. Peter’s Prep
Alma Mater: Rutgers, 2015
Degrees: Economics; Master’s in Sports Psychology from Northern Iowa, 2016
Family: Wife Victoria; sons Zion and Zayden
Coaching Career
2022-present: Boston College (Running Backs)
2021: Boston College (Recruiting Advisor)
2021: UMass (Running Backs)
2020: Buffalo (Wide Receivers Assistant)
2019: St. Peter’s Prep (Offensive Assistant)
2019: Miami Dolphins (Fellowship)
2016-18: Somerville (N.J.) High School (Offensive & Defensive Assistant)
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