Mark Hughes (basketball)

This article is about the American basketball player and coach. For other people with the same name, see Mark Hughes (disambiguation)

Mark Hughes (born October 5, 1966, in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American retired basketball player, coach, and is the current Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Clippers. Hughes was a star at Reeths-Puffer High School in Muskegon, Michigan where he led the Rockets to the Class B State Semifinal in 1985. Hughes also ended up earning First team All State honors.

He has played collegiately for University of Michigan (1985–89) and was a co-captain of the 1989 NCAA Championship team. On the professional level, he had signed with the Detroit Pistons (1991) and Toronto Raptors (1996) in the National Basketball Association, but never appeared in an NBA game. He has played professionally in France and Italy (for Scaini Venezia in 1991-93).

He was the head coach of the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA from 1997 to 2002, the team he has also played for from 1995 to 1998.

He worked as an assistant coach in the NBA for the Orlando Magic (2002–04) and Sacramento Kings (2006-07).

During the 2007-11 seasons, Hughes worked as a scout for the New York Knicks. In 2011, Hughes became the Director of Player Personnel for the Knicks. As of August 2017, he is the Assistant GM of the Los Angeles Clippers