Roger Hughes
| Roger Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Stetson |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 4, 1960 Crawford, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| 1979?–1981 | Doane |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983 1984–1985 1986–1987 1988 1989–1991 1992–1999 2000–2009 2010 2011–present |
Doane (GA) Nebraska (GA) Doane (OC) Wisconsin–Whitewater (RB) Cameron (OC) Dartmouth (OC) Princeton Omaha Nighthawks (WR) Stetson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 47–52 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
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| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships 1 Ivy League (2006) |
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Roger A. Hughes (born September 4, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head coach at Princeton University from 2000 to 2009, and amassed a 47–52 record. He has been named the newest head coach at Stetson University, which is reviving their program after a hiatus of more than 50 years beginning with the 2013 season.
Biography
Hughes grew up in Crawford, Nebraska and was a three-sport athlete at Crawford High School.[1] He received a basketball scholarship to attend Nebraska Western Junior College, where he spent one year, before transferring to Doane College.[1] He played golf and football as a tight end there and graduated in 1982.[1]
Hughes served as an assistant coach at Doane, Nebraska, Wisconsin–Whitewater, Cameron, and Dartmouth.[1] In 2000, he was hired as the head coach at Princeton University.[1] Hughes' best season came in 2006, when the Tigers finished with a 9–1 mark to share the Ivy League co-championship with Yale.[2] In the preseason, Princeton had been picked to finish sixth (of eight) in the conference, and the team's performance earned Hughes consideration as a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the best head coach at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level.[1]
Princeton finished the 2009 season with a 4–6 record for the third consecutive year. Hughes was fired the following day on November 23.[3] At the time of his termination, Hughes had the sixth-worst record by winning percentage of the school's 21 coaches.[3] In 2010, former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski hired Hughes to be the wide receivers coach for the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Roger Hughes, Princeton University, retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ Princeton Championships, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ a b Hughes fired as head coach, The Daily Princetonian, November 23, 2009.
- ^ Football: Nebraska native back from Ivy League for UFL job, The Omaha World-Herald, May 6, 2010.
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