Aarika Hughes

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Aarika Hughes
Loyola Marymount Lions
PositionHead coach
League West 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 school Southridge
(Beaverton, Oregon)
College USC (2006–2010)
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As coach:
2011–2016 New Mexico State (assistant)
2016–2017 New Mexico (assistant)
2017–2019 USC (assistant)
2019–2021USC (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]

Contents

Playing career

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

USC statistics

Source [3]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
2006–07USC1833.3%24.1%33.3%1.440.780.110.392.56
2007–08USC1846.0%40.9%35.3%3.890.780.330.445.78
2008–09USC3232.7%26.8%47.5%4.811.340.410.884.06
2009–10USC3136.8%33.8%61.1%5.130.810.100.817.03
Career9936.8%32.0%50.0%4.130.970.240.695.03
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
2006–07USC1819577291326142746
2007–08USC1840871844617701468104
2008–09USC324814715561940154431328130
2009–10USC31852312677223615925325218
Career99192522662064896409962468498

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

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference)(2021–present)
2021–22 Loyola Marymount 11–194–139th
2022–23 Loyola Marymount 7–234–1410th
2023–24 Loyola Marymount 11–195–117th
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

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