Mr. Hughes has been an educator for a decade now (Madrona, South Shore, Cleveland). As a long time coach, he has created unique opportunities for Central/South Seattle student athletes, including international competition in China. Hughes has coached baseball, softball, basketball, and soccer. In 2019 he was inducted into the North American Fastpitch Association Coaches Hall of Fame.
Hughes has three daughters that played softball at Garfield (in 2019 Garfield won the state championship with many players Hughes coached with Seattle Spice Inner City).
Hughes was a local attorney before beginning his career in education. Athletics has always been a huge focus, as Hughes played football at Univ. of San Diego and was a cheerleader at Univ. of New Mexico.
Hughes has focused on increasing participation for Eagle student athletes and in 2019 brought in two new sports: girls bowling and slowpitch softball.
When Hughes is not coaching/teaching, you can find him fishing on his kayak, hanging with his family, or protesting in the streets for Black Lives Matter.
