Quick Facts
Virgo
Biography
Aarika Hughes (born September 5, 1987) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University.
Playing career
Hughes played college basketball at USC from 2006 to 2010, and was a three-year captain.
USC statistics
Source
| YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Coaching career
Hughes began her collegiate coaching career at New Mexico State on her former college coach Mark Trakh's staff. While at New Mexico State, she was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "Thirty under 30" list. After five seasons at New Mexico State, she spent one season at New Mexico on the inaugural staff of Mike Bradbury.
USC
Hughes joined the women's basketball staff at USC in 2017, working as an assistant under Trakh again.
Loyola Marymount
Hughes was named the women's basketball head coach at Loyola Marymount on April 17, 2021.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | Loyola Marymount | 11–19 | 4–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Loyola Marymount | 7–23 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
| Loyola Marymount: | 18–42 (.300) | 8–27 (.229) | |||||||
| Total: | 18–42 (.300) | ||||||||
| |||||||||