Loyola Marymount Lions | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | West Coast Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | September 5, 1987
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]
Hughes played college basketball at USC from 2006 to 2010, and was a three-year captain. [2]
Source [3]
YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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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 |
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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 |
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]
Hughes joined the women's basketball staff at USC in 2017, working as an assistant under Trakh again. [7]
Hughes was named the women's basketball head coach at Loyola Marymount on April 17, 2021. [1]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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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 |
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