Pete Hughes (college coach)

Pete Hughes

• School Davidson College
• High School Boston College High School

• Born January 11, 1968 in Brockton, MA USA

Biographical Information

Pete Hughes has been a college coach.

Hughes was the third baseman and quarterback for Davidson College from 1986-1990, teaming with Robert Eenhoorn on the infield.

He was an assistant coach in football and baseball at Hamilton College in 1990-1991, then held the same roles with Northeastern University from 1991-1996.

In 1997-1998, Pete was head coach of Trinity University; he set a school record with 33 wins in 1998 and was 53-20 for a team that had averaged 11 wins over its prior 17 seasons. He then became head coach at Boston College, going 250-181-2 in eight years after the team with 13 wins per year over its prior 35 years. He was named Big East Conference Coach of the Year in 2002. In 2005, he guided Boston College to a team-record 37 wins. Among those he helped develop were first-round pick Chris Lambert.

During 2006, Hughes became head coach of Virginia Tech, replacing the legendary Chuck Hartman. In 2014 he moved to the University of Oklahoma, replacing Sunny Golloway. He was 128-107-1 before stepping down after the 2017 season. Hughes spent 2018 as a volunteer assistant coach at University of Georgia then was hired as head coach of Kansas State University for 2019.

Hughes' son Thomas played at Oklahoma and Kansas State, then became an assistant coach at Morehead State University in 2020. Thomas became an assistant under Pete at KSU in 2023.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1997	Trinity University	19-19	10-9
1998	Trinity University	33-11	17-5
1999	Boston College	26-21-1	10-15-1
2000	Boston College	35-20	12-11	Big East
2001	Boston College	29-22	11-13
2002	Boston College	30-25	15-11	Big East
2003	Boston College	33-21	13-11
2004	Boston College	32-27	15-9	Big East
2005	Boston College	37-20	17-8	Big East
2006	Boston College	28-25-1	9-21
2007	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	23-31	7-23
2008	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	23-32	6-24
2009	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	32-21	12-17
2010	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	40-22	16-14	ACC / CWS Regionals
2011	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	30-25	11-19
2012	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	35-21	11-19
2013	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	40-22	15-14	ACC / CWS Regionals
2014	University of Oklahoma	29-29	8-16	Big 12
2015	University of Oklahoma	34-27	13-11	Big 12
2016	University of Oklahoma	30-27-1	11-13	Big 12
2017	University of Oklahoma	35-24	12-11	Big 12 / CWS Regionals
2019	Kansas State University	25-33	8-16	Big 12
2020	Kansas State University	10-7	0-0
2021	Kansas State University	34-23	10-14	Big 12

Source: Virginia Tech bio