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This article is about the American basketball player and coach. For other people with the same name, see Mark Hughes (disambiguation)
Mark Hughes (born October 5, 1966, in Muskegon, Michigan) is a retired American basketball player and current coach.
He has played collegiately for University of Michigan (1985–89) and was the captain of the 1989 NCAA Championship team. On the professional level, he was under contract (but has not played in any regular season games) with the Detroit Pistons (1991) and the Toronto Raptors (1996) in the NBA. He has played professionally in France and Italy (for Scaini Venezia in 1991-93[1]).
He was the head coach of the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA from 1997 to 2002, the team he has also played for from 1995 to 1998.
He worked as an assistant coach in the NBA for the Orlando Magic (2002–04) and Sacramento Kings (2006-07).[2]
During the 2007-08 season, Hughes worked as a scout for the New York Knicks.
References
Michigan Wolverines Men's Basketball 1988–89 NCAA Champions 13 Demetrius Calip | 21 Rumeal Robinson | 24 Sean Higgins | 25 Rob Pelinka | 35 Loy Vaught | 41 Glen Rice (MOP) | 52 Terry Mills | 55 Mark Hughes
Coach Steve Fisher
Assistant Coaches: Mike BoydCategories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- American basketball coaches
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- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Continental Basketball Association coaches
- Grand Rapids Hoops players
- Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players
- Orlando Magic assistant coaches
- People from Muskegon, Michigan
- Sacramento Kings assistant coaches
- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs
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