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DeutschAarika Hughes
| Loyola Marymount Lions | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | West Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 5, 1987 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 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
[edit]Hughes played college basketball at USC from 2006 to 2010, and was a three-year captain.[2]
USC statistics
[edit]Source[3]
| 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 |
| 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]| 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 | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "LMU Names Aarika Hughes as Women's Basketball Head Coach". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Catching up with Head Coach Aarika Hughes". LMU Lions Roar. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "Inoue and Hughes Complete Women's Basketball Staff". New Mexico State University Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "WBCA names inaugural Thirty Under 30". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Mike Bradbury adds Aarika Hughes to Lobo women's basketball staff". KRQE. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Women's college basketball: Ex-Ags coach grabs four assistants from NM". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
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