LeRoy Hughes explained

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]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: Students Greet Coach At Poly Stadium Rally. Cal Poly. El Mustang. March 24, 1950. October 31, 2019.
  2. Web site: Remember the Mustangs: The Story of the 1960 Football Team. Cal Poly Mustangs. October 31, 2019.
  3. Web site: Airliner Crashes Carrying Football Team. gendisasters.com. October 31, 2019.
  4. Web site: 2016-17 Media Guide. Oregon Ducks. 2016. October 31, 2019.
  5. News: . Cal Poly Gets New Grid Coach . . . March 16, 1950 . 12 . July 2, 2022 . .