Robert Hughes Sr. (May 15, 1928 – June 11, 2024) was an American high school basketball coach.
Hughes was the United States' all-time winningest high school basketball coach from February 11, 2003,[5] to December 7, 2010,[6] and as of June 2024[update], is the most successful boys' high school basketball coach in the United States with 1,333 wins.
[7] He was passed in wins by Leta Andrews of Granbury High School in Granbury, Texas, who compiled a national record 1,416 career victories in girls' high school basketball before retiring in 2014.
[5] "If you can't work hard and put out the best, you probably need to go home to your mama," Hughes was known for telling his players.
[17] Another daughter, Robin L. Hughes, was named dean of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior in July 2019.
[4] Hughes was selected as the NHSCA National High School Coach of the Year in 2003,[22] and received the Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.