LeRoy Hughes | |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1905 |
Birth Place: | California, U.S. |
Death Place: | San Luis Obispo, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Basketball |
Player Years2: | 1927–1929 |
Player Team2: | Oregon |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1938–1940 |
Coach Team2: | Menlo (backfield) |
Coach Years3: | 1941–1943 |
Coach Team3: | Menlo |
Coach Years4: | 1946–1949 |
Coach Team4: | Menlo |
Coach Years5: | 1950–1961 |
Coach Team5: | Cal Poly |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1938–1944 |
Coach Team7: | Menlo |
Coach Years8: | 1946–1950 |
Coach Team8: | Menlo |
Admin Years1: | 1950–1962 |
Admin Team1: | Cal Poly |
Overall Record: | 72–38–1 (college football) |
Championships: | Football 2 CAAA (1952–1953) |
LeRoy Barry Hughes (November 20, 1905 – December 7, 1991) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Menlo Junior College in Atherton, California (1941–1943, 1946–1949) and California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California (1950–1961).[1] He was the head coach at Cal Poly during the California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash in 1960.[2] [3]
Hughes was a member of the University of Oregon men's basketball team from 1927 to 1929.[4] He was hired as athletic director and head football coach at Cal Poly in March 1950.[5]