Aarika Hughes
Loyola Marymount Lions | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | West Coast Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | September 5, 1987
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Southridge (Beaverton, Oregon) |
College | USC (2006–2010) |
Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Coaching career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2011–2016 | New Mexico State (assistant) |
2016–2017 | New Mexico (assistant) |
2017–2019 | USC (assistant) |
2019–2021 | USC (associate HC) |
2021–present | Loyola Marymount |
Aarika Hughes (born September 5, 1987) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University.[1]
Playing career[]
Hughes played college basketball at USC from 2006 to 2010, and was a three-year captain.[2]
USC statistics[]
Source[3]
YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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2006-07 | USC | 18 | 33.3% | 24.1% | 33.3% | 1.44 | 0.78 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 2.56 |
2007-08 | USC | 18 | 46.0% | 40.9% | 35.3% | 3.89 | 0.78 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 5.78 |
2008-09 | USC | 32 | 32.7% | 26.8% | 47.5% | 4.81 | 1.34 | 0.41 | 0.88 | 4.06 |
2009-10 | USC | 31 | 36.8% | 33.8% | 61.1% | 5.13 | 0.81 | 0.10 | 0.81 | 7.03 |
Career | 99 | 36.8% | 32.0% | 50.0% | 4.13 | 0.97 | 0.24 | 0.69 | 5.03 |
Coaching career[]
Hughes began her collegiate coaching career at New Mexico State on her former college coach Mark Trakh's staff.[4] While at New Mexico State, she was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "Thirty under 30" list.[5] After five seasons at New Mexico State, she spent one season at New Mexico on the inaugural staff of Mike Bradbury.[6]
USC[]
Hughes joined the women's basketball staff at USC in 2017, working as an assistant under Trakh again.[7]
Loyola Marymount[]
Hughes was named the women's basketball head coach at Loyola Marymount on April 17, 2021.[1]
Head coaching record[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Loyola Marymount | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Loyola Marymount: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 0–0 (–) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[]
- ^ a b "LMU Names Aarika Hughes as Women's Basketball Head Coach". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Catching up with Head Coach Aarika Hughes". LMU Lions Roar. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Inoue and Hughes Complete Women's Basketball Staff". New Mexico State University Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "WBCA names inaugural Thirty Under 30". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Mike Bradbury adds Aarika Hughes to Lobo women's basketball staff". KRQE. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Women's college basketball: Ex-Ags coach grabs four assistants from NM". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
External links[]
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Milwaukee
- Sportspeople from Beaverton, Oregon
- Basketball players from Milwaukee
- Basketball players from Oregon
- Basketball coaches from Wisconsin
- Basketball coaches from Oregon
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- USC Trojans women's basketball players
- New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball coaches
- New Mexico Lobos women's basketball coaches
- USC Trojans women's basketball coaches
- Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball coaches
- Southridge High School alumni
- American women's basketball players
- 21st-century American women