Mark Hughes (basketball)
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Mark Hughes (born October 5, 1966, in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and is the current Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Clippers. Hughes was a star at Reeths-Puffer High School in Muskegon, Michigan where he led the Rockets to the Class B State Semifinal in 1985. Hughes also ended up earning First team All State honors.
He has played collegiately for University of Michigan (1985–89) and was a co-captain of the 1989 NCAA Championship team. On the professional level, he had signed with the Detroit Pistons (1991) and Toronto Raptors (1996) in the National Basketball Association, but never appeared in an NBA game. He has played professionally in France and Italy (for Scaini Venezia in 1991-93[1]).
He was the head coach of the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA from 1997 to 2002, the team he has also played for from 1995 to 1998.
He worked as an assistant coach in the NBA for the Orlando Magic (2002–04) and Sacramento Kings (2006-07).[2]
During the 2007-11 seasons, Hughes worked as a scout for the New York Knicks. In 2011, Hughes became the Director of Player Personnel for the Knicks. As of August 2017, he is the Assistant GM of the Los Angeles Clippers[3]
References[]
- ^ Hughes statistics on the official Serie A site (in Italian)
- ^ NBA page on Hughes
- ^ "Mark Hughes leaves Knicks to be assistant GM with Clippers". Los Angeles Times. 24 August 2017.
- 1966 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Michigan
- Basketball players at the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Continental Basketball Association coaches
- Grand Rapids Hoops players
- Los Angeles Clippers executives
- Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players
- New York Knicks executives
- Orlando Magic assistant coaches
- Sacramento Kings assistant coaches
- Sportspeople from Muskegon, Michigan
- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs