Sport(s) Baseball 1987–1990 Davidson baseball Positions Quarterback 1986–1989 Davidson football Team Oklahoma Sooners baseball | Alma mater Davidson '90 Role Baseball Coach Title Head Coach Name Pete Hughes | |
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1990–1991 Hamilton (NY) (asst. football) | ||
Virginia tech coach pete hughes talks about lsu baseball coach paul mainieri
Pete Hughes is an American college baseball coach and former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team. He served as the head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team. He held that position from 2007 to 2013. Currently works for free after being let go by the University of Oklahoma
Contents
- Virginia tech coach pete hughes talks about lsu baseball coach paul mainieri
- Pete hughes ou baseball package
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Pete hughes ou baseball package
Playing career
After growing up in Brockton, Massachusetts, Hughes attended Boston College High School, lettering in both baseball and football for the Eagles. Hughes then was a four-year starting quarterback at Davidson College. He also played third base for the Wildcats baseball team.
Coaching career
After completing college, Hughes became an assistant coach for both baseball and football at Hamilton College. He stayed there for one academic year before moving to Northeastern in the same dual capacity. After five years, he decided to focus on baseball and landed his first head coaching job at Trinity University in Texas. Taking just two seasons to improve the Tigers to a conference championship, Hughes was hired by Boston College after the 1998 season. His success with the Eagles was also immediate, improving Boston College's record by nine wins in his first year. Hughes picked up a variety of Coach of the Year awards in his second season, including awards from the Big East Conference and regional selectors of the American Baseball Coaches Association. He would earn more such honors in 2002 and 2005. He also led the Eagles to the Big East Conference Baseball Tournament five times in seven years. Boston College had only appeared in the tournament once prior to his arrival.
Hughes was hired as head coach at Virginia Tech beginning in the 2007 season, replacing Hall of Famer Chuck Hartman, who had led the Hokies for the previous 28 years. Hughes has rebuilt the Hokies into a power, bringing the team back into the national rankings and to the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament on a regular basis. Hughes earned a three-year contract extension after the 2009 season. He resigned as head coach at the University of Oklahoma in June, 2017, after a four-year stint there. On July, 31 2017 Hughes was named volunteer assistant at Georgia.