Otis Hughley Jr.

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Otis Hughley, Jr.
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Hughley with Alabama A&M in 2024
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Alabama A&M
Conference SWAC
Record27–41 (.397)
Biographical details
Born (1964-09-25) September 25, 1964 (age 59)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater Utah State Eastern
West Alabama '87
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1997 Wallace CC–Selma (men's)
1993–1997Wallace CC–Selma (women's)
1997–1998 Wright State (assistant)
1998–1999 Liberty (assistant)
2001–2002 Southern (assistant)
2002–2003 Shandong Bulls (assistant)
2004–2010 LeFlore HS (AL)
2010–2011 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2011–2012 Golden State Warriors (dev./video coach)
2015–2016 Chinese Taipei (Men)
2015–2016 Chinese Taipei (Women)
2015–2016 Tianjin Gold Lions (assistant)
2017–2022 Nigeria (Women)
2022–present Alabama A&M
2024–present Senegal (Women)
Head coaching record
OverallCollege (Men's): 94–34 (.734)
College (Women's): 45–21 (.682)
High School: 185–20 (.902)
Tournaments1–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
AfroBasket Women (2017), (2019), (2021)

Otis Hughley Jr. (born September 25, 1964) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's basketball team and the Senegal women's national basketball team. [1] [2] [3] He previously served as the head coach of the Nigeria women's national basketball team, where he guided the team to three AfroBasket Women championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Raised in Jersey City, Hughley graduated in 1982 from Henry Snyder High School, [7] where he played quarterback on the school's football team. [8] He also played on the school's basketball team with future National Basketball Association player Rafael Addison. [9]

After graduating from Snyder, he enrolled at the College of Eastern Utah where he played both college basketball and college football. [10] [11] He next enrolled at Livingston University (now University of West Alabama) where he played football as a starting quarterback. Upon graduating from Livingston, Snyder played professionally and helped coach football for the Varese Skorpions in Varese, Italy in the Italian Football League. He also coached a men's basketball team. [11] He eventually returned to the United States where he worked as an administrator at Bishop State Community College. [12]

Coaching career

Hughley was named as the basketball coach at Wallace Community College Selma in 1993; he inherited a men's basketball team that finished 2–24 the prior season and was simultaneously the inaugural coach of the women's program. [10] In his time at Wallace, he would guide the men to a 90–25 record including two conference championships, and the women to a 45–21 mark, with a number four national ranking. [1] In 1997, Hughley would join the men's basketball staff at Wright State under Ed Schilling for a single season before spending a season as an assistant coach at Liberty. He'd spend an additional year in college coaching with Southern under Ben Jobe from 2001 to 2002, before embarking on a career in professional basketball coaching overseas where he'd be an assistant coach with the Shandong Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association. [13]

In 2004, Hughley would return stateside to coach the boys basketball team at LeFlore Magnet High School in Mobile, Alabama. During that time, he'd lead the team to a 185–20, while also coaching future NBA player DeMarcus Cousins. [14] In 2010, Hughley would follow Cousins to the NBA as he became an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings for the 2010–11 NBA season. [15] After that lone year with the Kings, Hughley joined the Golden State Warriors in its development and video coaching department, before returning to be a scout for the Kings from 2012 to 2016. [2]

Once again, Hughley would head abroad; in 2015, he would coach both the men and women's national teams of Chinese Taipei, while also serving as an assistant coach with the Tianjin Gold Lions in China. In 2017, Hughley would be named the head coach of the Nigeria women's national basketball team. [16] While with D'Tigress, he'd help guide them to three AfroBasket Women's titles in 2017, 2019, and 2021, as well as an appearance in the 2020 Olympic Games. Nigeria, along with Senegal also became the first African women's teams to win a game in the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, while finishing in eighth, which is the highest finish for an African side in the event. [17] [18]

On April 18, 2022, Hughley was named the men's basketball coach at Alabama A&M, replacing Dylan Howard. [2] [14]

On July 17, 2024, Hughley was named the head coach of the Senegal women's national basketball team. [3]

Head coaching record

College

NCAA D1

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (SWAC)(2022–present)
2022–23 Alabama A&M 15–1810–85th
2023–24 Alabama A&M 12–239–97th CIT Semifinals
Alabama A&M:27–41 (.397)19–17 (.528)
Total:27–41 (.397)

      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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References

  1. 1 2 "Otis Hughley, Jr. - Head Men's Basketball Coach - Staff Directory". Alabama A&M Athletics.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alabama A&M Announces Olympic and NBA Coach Otis Hughley, Jr. as 10th Head Men's Basketball Coach In Program History". Alabama A&M Athletics.
  3. 1 2 "Hughley named Senegal head coach ahead of 2024 Women's World Cup Pre-Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Nigeria name Otis Hughley as head coach for Women's World Cup". fiba.basketball. August 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nigeria at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball.
  6. ↑ "Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball.
  7. ↑ Zagoria, Adam. "DeMarcus Cousins Has Top 5; Rice in the Mix", Zagsblog, February 5, 2009. Accessed January 31, 2024. "Hughley was born and raised in Jersey City and played for legendary St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley during the summers. He graduated from Snyder High School in Jersey City in 1982."
  8. ↑ "Levittown Downs Hempstead", The New York Times , November 29, 1981. Accessed January 31, 2024. "Otis Hughley threw for two touchdowns and ran for one as Snyder (4-4-1) defeated Lincoln, 31-0, at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City. Hughley, who rushed for 75 yards on seven carries, took it in from the 1 in the second quarter and threw touchdown passes of 25 and 15 yards to Paul Williams and Tim Davis, in the third."
  9. ↑ Hogan, Michael (February 25, 1982). "Addison claws Lions!". The Jersey Journal . p. 29. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Inge, Victor (May 21, 1993). "New Patriot coach wants to revive local interest". The Selma Times-Journal . p. 9. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Inge, Victor (May 21, 1993). "New Patriot coach wants to revive local interest". The Selma Times-Journal . p. 10. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ "WCCS names new basketball coach; start girl's program". The Selma Times-Journal . May 12, 1993. p. 8. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  13. ↑ Sports, HBCU (April 18, 2022). "Alabama A&M hires ex-NBA, Nigerian national team coach Otis Hughley Jr".
  14. 1 2 "Familiar name will lead Alabama A&M men's basketball team". al. April 18, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Cousins' prep coach hired as Kings assistant". ESPN.com. July 30, 2010.
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  17. ↑ "Senegal, Nigeria end Africa's drought at Women's World Cup". USA TODAY.
  18. ↑ "Nigeria coach Hughley 'won't work for free'" – via www.bbc.com.
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