Pete Hughes - Baseball Coach - University of Georgia Athletics

Pete Hughes

Title:
Volunteer Coach

Pete Hughes, who has 21 years of experience leading baseball programs, joined the Bulldog baseball program as a volunteer coach on Aug. 8, 2017.

Hughes will be working with the infielders and assisting the hitters and base runners. Additionally, Hughes will serve as the first base coach.

Hughes has compiled a record of 652-492-3 over the past 21 years, serving as a head coach at Trinity University in Texas (1997-98), Boston College (1999-2006), Virginia Tech (2007-13) and Oklahoma (2014-17). Last season, the Sooners registered a 35-24 mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a two-seed in the Louisville Regional. During his career, Hughes twice has been named the New England Coach of the Year and BIG EAST Coach of the Year.

Hughes is a 1990 graduate of Davidson College where he played third base on the baseball team and quarterback for the Wildcats’ football team. He was captain of the baseball team as a senior and graduated that year with a bachelor of arts in sociology/anthropology. He began his coaching career at Hamilton College in New York in 1990-91, serving as an assistant in football and was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for baseball. He continued in that dual-role at Northeastern University in Boston from the fall of 1991 until the spring of 1996 when he landed the head baseball coaching position at Trinity.

A native of Brockton, Mass., Hughes and his wife Debby have five children: Thomas (20), Hal (18), Dominic (16), Grace (14) and P.J (13). Thomas is a junior infielder for the Sooners while Hal is a freshman infielder at LSU.

The Pete Hughes File
Born: Jan. 11, 1968 in Brockton, Mass.
High School: Boston College High School, Boston, Mass.
College: Davidson College, B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology, 1990
Family: Wife: Debby; Children: Thomas (20), Hal (18), Dominic (16), Grace (14), P.J. (13)

Playing Career
Davidson College, 1986-90, Football and Baseball

Coaching Career
Asst. Football Coach/Asst. Baseball Coach, Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) 1990-91
Asst. Football Coach/Asst. Baseball Coach, Northeastern Univ. (Boston, Mass.) 1991-96
Head Baseball Coach, Trinity Univ. (San Antonio, Texas), 1997-98
Head Baseball Coach, Boston College, 1999-2006
Head Baseball Coach, Virginia Tech, 2007-13
Head Baseball Coach, Oklahoma, 2013-17
Volunteer Coach, Univ. of Georgia, 2017-present