Mark Hughes (basketball)

This article is about the American basketball player and coach. For other people with the same name, see Mark Hughes (disambiguation).

Mark Hughes (born October 5, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and is the current Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Hughes was born in Muskegon, Michigan and attended Reeths-Puffer High School in Muskegon, where he led the Rockets to the Class B State Semifinal in 1985. Hughes earned First team All State honors.

He played collegiately for University of Michigan (1985–1989) 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. He played professionally in France and Italy (for Scaini Venezia in 1991–1993). From 1995 to 1998 he played for the Grand Rapids Hoops of the Continental Basketball Association, and was the team's head coach from 1997 to 2002.

He worked as an assistant coach in the NBA for the Orlando Magic (2002–2004) and Sacramento Kings (2006–07).

During the 2007–2011 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