Andrew Hugine Jr. is an American educator and academic administrator serving as the 11th president of Alabama A&M University.

[1] Hugine was born on June 21, 1949, in Green Pond, South Carolina, an unincorporated community in Colleton County.

During his 30-year career at South Carolina State University, Hugine served as Director of the Special Services Program, Director of the University Year for Action Program, a Research Fellow, Assistant and Director of Institutional Self-Study, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, professor of mathematics, and Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

He was credited with the construction of a large residence facility and earnest preparations for a new School of Engineering building.

Hugine was responsible for signing a memorandum of understanding with the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, signing a mentor-protégé agreement with NASA and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, signing a memorandum of understanding with Nanjing Forestry University in China to serve as the sponsoring institution for the AAMU Confucius Institute, and established degree programs at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama.