| Aarika Hughes | |
| Position: | Head coach |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| League: | West Coast Conference |
| Team: | Loyola Marymount Lions |
| Birth Date: | September 5, 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Southridge (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| College: | USC (2006–2010) |
| Career Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Coach Start: | 2011 |
| Cyears1: | 2011–2016 |
| Cteam1: | New Mexico State (assistant) |
| Cyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Cteam2: | New Mexico (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Cteam3: | USC (assistant) |
| Cyears4: | 2019–2021 |
| Cteam4: | USC (associate HC) |
| Cyears5: | 2021–present |
| Cteam5: | Loyola Marymount |
Aarika Hughes (born September 5, 1987) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University.[1]
Hughes played college basketball at USC from 2006 to 2010, and was a three-year captain.[2]
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Hughes began her collegiate coaching career at New Mexico State on her former college coach Mark Trakh's staff.[4] While at New Mexico State, she was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "Thirty under 30" list.[5] After five seasons at New Mexico State, she spent one season at New Mexico on the inaugural staff of Mike Bradbury.[6]
Hughes joined the women's basketball staff at USC in 2017, working as an assistant under Trakh again.[7]
Hughes was named the women's basketball head coach at Loyola Marymount on April 17, 2021.