Robert Hughes (basketball)

Robert Hughes
Personal information
Born(1928-05-15)May 15, 1928
Bristow, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 2024(2024-06-11) (aged 96)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Coaching career1958–2005
Career history
As a coach:
1958–1973I.M. Terrell HS
1973–2005Dunbar HS
Career highlights
  • 5× Texas State champion (1963, 1965, 1967, 1993, 2003)
  • Texas Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (2003)
  • High School Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (2003)
  • NHSCA National High School Coach of the Year (2003)
  • Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)
  • Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame (2010)
Career coaching record
PVIL373–84 (.816)
UIL960–163 (.855)
Basketball Hall of Fame

Robert Hughes Sr. (May 15, 1928 – June 11, 2024) was an American high school basketball coach. Hughes was the United States' all-time winningest high school basketball coach from February 11, 2003, to December 7, 2010, and as of June 2024, is the most successful boys' high school basketball coach in the United States with 1,333 wins. He was passed in wins by Leta Andrews of Granbury High School in Granbury, Texas, who compiled a national record 1,416 career victories in girls' high school basketball before retiring in 2014.

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