He coached Wang Jianan, the 2022 long jump world champion and Su Bingtian, a sprinter who has run the fastest 60-meter split ever recorded.
During his time in Oregon, for five seasons he was volunteer assistant coach for the men's track and field team.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] From 1984 to 1986, Huntington was employed at the University of California, Berkeley, working as an assistant women's track and field coach.
In 1991, Powell broke the world record previously held by Bob Beamon by jumping 8.95 m (29 ft 4.5 inches).
[1][2][3][4][5][7] Huntington had also coached triple jumper Willie Banks who broke the world record at the 1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships where he jumped 17.97 m (58 ft 11.5 inches).
From April 2002 to November 2003, Huntington was employed by USA Track & Field where he was named as its first-ever Sports Science Technical Coordinator where he was master coach for horizontal jumps.
During this time he was based in the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.
From April 2005 to June 2006, Huntington was hired as an assistant track and field coach at Michigan State University.
Almost half a year later, Huntington received an email asking if he wanted to be part of the Chinese national track and field team.
During his time there he was astonished at how far China was behind the world when it came to sports technology as well as muscle recovery and supplements so he sought to improve the program.