Aarika Hughes

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Aarika Hughes
Loyola Marymount Lions
PositionHead coach
LeagueWest Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1987-09-05) September 5, 1987 (age 36)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High schoolSouthridge
(Beaverton, Oregon)
CollegeUSC (2006–2010)
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As coach:
2011–2016New Mexico State (assistant)
2016–2017New Mexico (assistant)
2017–2019USC (assistant)
2019–2021USC (associate HC)
2021–presentLoyola 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[edit]

Hughes played college basketball at USC from 2006 to 2010, and was a three-year captain.[2]

USC statistics[edit]

Source[3]

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
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
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
2006–07 USC 18 19 57 7 29 1 3 26 14 2 7 46
2007–08 USC 18 40 87 18 44 6 17 70 14 6 8 104
2008–09 USC 32 48 147 15 56 19 40 154 43 13 28 130
2009–10 USC 31 85 231 26 77 22 36 159 25 3 25 218
Career 99 192 522 66 206 48 96 409 96 24 68 498

Coaching career[edit]

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[edit]

Hughes joined the women's basketball staff at USC in 2017, working as an assistant under Trakh again.[7]

Loyola Marymount[edit]

Hughes was named the women's basketball head coach at Loyola Marymount on April 17, 2021.[1]

Head coaching record[edit]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2021–present)
2021–22 Loyola Marymount 11–19 4–13 9th
2022–23 Loyola Marymount 7–23 4–14 10th
2023–24 Loyola Marymount 11–19 5–11 7th
Loyola Marymount: 29–61 (.322) 13–38 (.255)
Total: 29–61 (.322)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "LMU Names Aarika Hughes as Women's Basketball Head Coach". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Catching up with Head Coach Aarika Hughes". LMU Lions Roar. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  4. ^ "Inoue and Hughes Complete Women's Basketball Staff". New Mexico State University Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "WBCA names inaugural Thirty Under 30". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Mike Bradbury adds Aarika Hughes to Lobo women's basketball staff". KRQE. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's college basketball: Ex-Ags coach grabs four assistants from NM". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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