Charles “Turkey” Hughes was a coach and administrator at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) from 1922-1972.
Early in his career at EKU, Hughes was coaching football, baseball and basketball and only had one assistant.
A prominent leader in this movement was “Turkey” Hughes, in December of 1948, Marshall College of Huntington joined the conference, West Virginia University and Tennessee Tech University joined which boosted EKU’s national recognition.
[5] Hughes left a strong and lasting impact at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).
Hughes said a secret of such large success was the changing of the offense and the team ran from the T with a split line and shifted into the Notre Dame box and short punt.
[9] Donald R. Feltner, Vice President of the University for Relations and Development and a former player for EKU baseball who played under Hughes said, "Turkey's” passing leaves a personal sense of loss such as that which must be experienced when one loses a father to many hundreds of people.