LeRoy Hughes

LeRoy Hughes
Biographical details
Born(1905-11-20)November 20, 1905
California, U.S.
DiedDecember 7, 1991(1991-12-07) (aged 86)
San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1927–1929Oregon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938–1940Menlo (backfield)
1941–1943Menlo
1946–1949Menlo
1950–1961Cal Poly
Basketball
1938–1944Menlo
1946–1950Menlo
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1950–1962Cal Poly
Head coaching record
Overall72–38–1 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
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]

  1. ^ "Students Greet Coach At Poly Stadium Rally". El Mustang. Cal Poly. March 24, 1950. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. ^ "Remember the Mustangs: The Story of the 1960 Football Team". Cal Poly Mustangs. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "Airliner Crashes Carrying Football Team". gendisasters.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  4. ^ "2016-17 Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon Ducks. 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Cal Poly Gets New Grid Coach". Lompoc Record. Lompoc, California. March 16, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved July 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.