Dan Hughes (basketball)

Dan Hughes
Personal information
Born	(1955-04-14) April 14, 1955 Lowell, Ohio
Nationality	American
Career information
College	Muskingum
Position	Head coach
Coaching career	2000–present
Career history
1999	Charlotte Sting (assistant)
1999	Charlotte Sting
2000–2003	Cleveland Rockers
2005–2009 2011–2016	San Antonio Stars

Career highlights and awards
2x WNBA Coach of the Year (2001, 2007)

Dan Hughes (born April 14, 1955) is an American basketball head coach, most recently of the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Dan Hughes serves occasionally as an analyst for the Southland Conference Television Network.

Hughes coached the Silver Stars from 2005 to 2009, and rejoined the team in 2011. Prior to the 2013 season, Hughes signed a multiyear contract extension. He has coached the most victories in franchise history.^[1] On April 19, 2016, the Stars announced that Hughes would step down as General Manager and Head Coach following the 2016 season. ^[2]

Coaching record

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
CHA	1999	20	10	10	.500	2nd in East	4	2	2	.500	Lost in Eastern Conference Finals
CLE	2000	32	17	15	.531	2nd in East	6	3	3	.500	Lost in Eastern Conference Finals
CLE	2001	32	22	10	.688	1st in East	3	1	2	.333	Lost in Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
CLE	2002	32	10	22	.313	7th in East	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
CLE	2003	34	17	17	.500	4th in East	3	1	2	.333	Lost in Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
SAS	2005	34	7	27	.206	7th in West	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
SAS	2006	34	13	21	.382	6th in West	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
SAS	2007	34	20	14	.588	2nd in West	5	2	3	.400	Lost in Western Conference Finals
SAS	2008	34	24	10	.706	1st in West	9	4	5	.444	Lost in WNBA Finals
SAS	2009	34	15	19	.441	4th in West	3	1	2	.333	Lost in Western Conference Semi-Finals
SAS	2011	34	18	16	.529	4th in West	3	1	2	.333	Lost in Western Conference Semi-Finals
SAS	2012	34	21	13	.618	3rd in West	2	0	2	.000	Lost in Western Conference Semi-Finals
SAS	2013	34	12	22	.353	5th in West	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
SAS	2014	34	16	18	.471	4th in West	2	0	2	.000	Lost in Western Conference Semi-Finals
SAS	2015	34	8	26	.235	6th in West	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
SAS	2016	34	7	27	.206	6th in West	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
Career		524	237	287	.452		40	15	25	.375

References

Dan Hughes Biography from WNBA.com

San Antonio Stars current roster
4 Jefferson 5 Hamby 6 Montgomery 7 Murphy 10 Plum 11 dos Santos 12 Coffey 14 de Souza 17 Holmes 20 Harrison 21 McBride 40 Alexander 51 Colson Head Coach Johnson Assistant Coaches L Trammel J. Williams
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LA MIN PHO SA SEA

Current head coaches of the Women's National Basketball Association

WNBA Coach of the Year Award
1997: Chancellor 1998: Chancellor 1999: Chancellor 2000: Cooper 2001: Hughes 2002: Stanley 2003: Laimbeer 2004: McConnell-Serio 2005: Whisenant 2006: Thibault 2007: Hughes 2008: Thibault 2009: Meadors 2010: Agler 2011: Reeve 2012: Ross 2013: Thibault 2014: Brondello 2015: Laimbeer 2016: Reeve

San Antonio Stars

Formerly the Utah Starzz and the San Antonio Silver Stars
Founded in 1997
Based in San Antonio, Texas

Franchise

Arenas

Head coaches

Denise Taylor
Frank Layden
Fred Williams
Candi Harvey
Shell Dailey
Dee Brown
Sandy Brondello
Dan Hughes
Vickie Johnson

Administration

Owners: Larry H. Miller; Peter Holt
General Managers: Jay Francis; Dan Hughes; Ruth Riley

All-Stars

Seasons

Playoff appearances

Conference Championships

2008

WNBA Championships

None

Rivals

Media

TV:	TV: FS Southwest (FS-SW)
Radio:	KTKR Ticket 760 AM
Announcers	Tai Dillard Andrew Monaco Brenda VanLengen

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