Brian was a key asset to the team that went to the FA Cup semi final in the 1963–64 season.

Brian played two years (1967 and 1968) in the fledgling North American Soccer League with the Atlanta Chiefs.

[2] Hughes moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he was a player coach of the London Boxing Club.

He later coached the University of Victoria Vikings soccer team, winning the CIAU championships in 1975 and 1987.

The team knocked off Dalhousie and then Concordia to claim the national title after earlier Canada West victories over Alberta and Saskatchewan.