Eric Hughes (basketball)

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Eric Hughes

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| league = NBA

| team = Dallas Mavericks

| position = Assistant coach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|30}}

| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

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| high_school = Oakland (Oakland, California)

| college =

Ohlone College (1983–1985)
Cal State East Bay (1985–1987)

| draft_year = 1987

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| coach_start = 1987

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| cyears1 = 1987–1989

| cteam1 = American HS (assistant)

| cyears2 = 1989–1991

| cteam2 = Illinois State (assistant)

| cyears3 = 1991–1993

| cteam3 = California (assistant)

| cyears4 = 1993–2002

| cteam4 = Washington (assistant)

| cyears5 = {{nbay|2007|start}}–{{nbay|2008|end}}

| cteam5 = Toronto Raptors (basketball development consultant)

| cyears6 = {{nbay|2009|start}}–{{nbay|2012|end}}

| cteam6 = Toronto Raptors (assistant)

| cyears7 = {{nbay|2013|full=y}}

| cteam7 = Brooklyn Nets (assistant)

| cyears8 = {{nbay|2014|start}}–{{nbay|2017|end}}

| cteam8 = Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)

| cyears9 = {{nbay|2019|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}}

| cteam9 = Philadelphia 76ers (player development)

| cyears10 = {{nbay|2021|start}}–{{nbay|2022|end}}

| cteam10 = Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)

| cyears11 = {{nbay|2023|start}}–present

| cteam11 = Dallas Mavericks (assistant)

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Eric Hughes (born April 30, 1965){{cite web |url=https://gohuskies.com/sports/2013/4/18/208218466.aspx |title=Eric Hughes Profile |author= |date=2000 |website=GoHuskies.com |publisher= |access-date=July 25, 2021 |quote=}} is an American basketball coach currently working as an assistant for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Eric has 1 kid Alexander James.

College coaching career

Hughes got his first gig with the Illinois State Redbirds as an assistant coach from 1989 until he was hired as an assistant coach for the California Golden Bears in 1991 to 1993. Washington Huskies then hired him as an assistant for nine years after that.{{Cite web|title=Eric Hughes, Philadelphia Sixers, Assistant Coach - RealGM|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/staff/Eric-Hughes/Summary/1626|access-date=2021-07-11|website=basketball.realgm.com}}

NBA coaching career

= Toronto Raptors =

Raptors gave Hughes his first gig in the NBA in the front office as a Basketball Development Consultant in 2007 until the Raptors decided to put him on their coaching bench in 2009.{{Cite web|title=Raptors Announce Basketball Staff Additions|url=https://www.nba.com/raptors/news/williams_pressrelease_0070109.html|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Toronto Raptors|language=en}}

= Brooklyn Nets =

Hughes joined Jason Kidd's bench as an assistant in June 2013.{{Cite web|title=Eric Hughes Bio|url=https://www.nba.com/nets/news/eric-hughes-bio|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Brooklyn Nets|language=en}}

= Milwaukee Bucks =

Hughes rejoined Kidd in Milwaukee until 2018.{{Cite web|title=Eric Hughes Bio|url=https://bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/254/misc/misc_195626.pdf}}

= Philadelphia 76ers =

In 2019, after the Bucks fired him, Brett Brown hired him as a Player Development Coach. After Doc Rivers was hired, he was promoted to assistant coach.

Personal life

Eric is married to Kristin Hughes and has two sons. Hughes is also a native of Oakland, California.{{Cite web|title=Team Announces 2020-21 Coaching Staff|url=https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/team-announces-2020-21-coaching-staff|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Philadelphia 76ers|language=en}}