Roger Hughes

Roger A. Hughes (born September 4, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head coach at Princeton University from 2000 to 2009, and amassed a 47–52 record. He has been named the newest head coach at Stetson University, which is reviving their program after a hiatus of more than 50 years beginning with the 2013 season.

For the Canadian judge, see Roger T. Hughes. For the Welsh Anglican priest, see Roger Hughes (priest).

Roger Hughes

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Stetson
Conference	PFL
Record	31–46
Biographical details
Born	(1960-09-04) September 4, 1960 Crawford, Nebraska
Playing career
1979?–1981	Doane
Position(s)	Tight end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983	Doane (GA)
1984–1985	Nebraska (GA)
1986–1987	Doane (OC)
1988	Wisconsin–Whitewater (RB)
1989–1991	Cameron (OC)
1992–1999	Dartmouth (OC)
2000–2009	Princeton
2010	Omaha Nighthawks (WR)
2011–present	Stetson
Head coaching record
Overall	78–98
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Ivy (2006)
Awards
PFL Coach of the Year (2018)

Biography

Hughes grew up in Crawford, Nebraska and was a three-sport athlete at Crawford High School.[1] He received a basketball scholarship to attend Nebraska Western Junior College, where he spent one year, before transferring to Doane College.[1] He played golf and football as a tight end there and graduated in 1982.[1]

Hughes served as an assistant coach at Doane, Nebraska, Wisconsin–Whitewater, Cameron, and Dartmouth.[1] In 2000, he was hired as the head coach at Princeton University.[1] Hughes' best season came in 2006, when the Tigers finished with a 9–1 mark to share the Ivy League co-championship with Yale.[2] In the preseason, Princeton had been picked to finish sixth (of eight) in the conference, and the team's performance earned Hughes consideration as a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the best head coach at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level.[1]

Princeton finished the 2009 season with a 4–6 record for the third consecutive year. Hughes was fired the following day on November 23.[3] At the time of his termination, Hughes had the sixth-worst record by winning percentage of the school's 21 coaches.[3] In 2010, former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski hired Hughes to be the wide receivers coach for the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL.[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN^#
Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (2000–2009)
2000	Princeton	3–7	3–4	5th
2001	Princeton	3–6	3–4	T–7th
2002	Princeton	6–4	4–3	4th
2003	Princeton	2–8	2–5	7th
2004	Princeton	5–5	3–4	T–4th
2005	Princeton	7–3	5–2	T–2nd
2006	Princeton	9–1	6–1	T–1st		18
2007	Princeton	4–6	3–4	T–4th
2008	Princeton	4–6	3–4	T–4th
2009	Princeton	4–6	3–4	T–4th
Princeton:		47–52	35–35
Stetson Hatters (Pioneer Football League) (2013–present)
2013	Stetson	2–9	1–7	T–9th
2014	Stetson	5–7	3–5	T–7th
2015	Stetson	3–8	1–7	T–8th
2016	Stetson	4–7	2–6	T–9th
2017	Stetson	2–9	1–7	10th
2018	Stetson	8–2	6–2	T–2nd
2019	Stetson	7–4	4–4	T-5th
Stetson:		31–46	18–38
Total:		78–98
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. Roger Hughes, Princeton University, retrieved June 25, 2010.
2. Princeton Championships, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 25, 2010.
3. Hughes fired as head coach, The Daily Princetonian, November 23, 2009.
4. Football: Nebraska native back from Ivy League for UFL job, The Omaha World-Herald, May 6, 2010.

External links

• Stetson profile