| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 4, 1960 Crawford, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1979?–1981 | Doane |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983 | Doane (GA) |
| 1984–1985 | Nebraska (GA) |
| 1986–1987 | Doane (OC) |
| 1988 | Wisconsin–Whitewater (RB) |
| 1989–1991 | Cameron (OC) |
| 1992–1999 | Dartmouth (OC) |
| 2000–2009 | Princeton |
| 2010 | Omaha Nighthawks (WR) |
| 2013–2021 | Stetson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 78–102 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Ivy (2006) | |
| Awards | |
| PFL Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Roger A. Hughes (born September 4, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head coach at Princeton University from 2000 to 2009, and amassed a 47–52 record. He was the head coach at Stetson University, which revived their program after a hiatus of more than 50 years beginning with the 2013 season. On May 7, 2021, Hughes resigned to become the president of Doane University.[1]
Hughes grew up in Crawford, Nebraska and was a three-sport athlete at Crawford High School.[2] He received a basketball scholarship to attend Nebraska Western Junior College, where he spent one year, before transferring to Doane College.[2] He played golf and football as a tight end there and graduated in 1982.[2]
Hughes served as an assistant coach at Doane, Nebraska, Wisconsin–Whitewater, Cameron, and Dartmouth.[2] In 2000, he was hired as the head coach at Princeton University.[2] Hughes' best season came in 2006, when the Tigers finished with a 9–1 mark to share the Ivy League co-championship with Yale.[3] In the preseason, Princeton had been picked to finish sixth (of eight) in the conference, and the team's performance earned Hughes consideration as a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the best head coach at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level.[2]
Princeton finished the 2009 season with a 4–6 record for the third consecutive year. Hughes was fired the following day on November 23.[4] At the time of his termination, Hughes had the sixth-worst record by winning percentage of the school's 21 coaches.[4] In 2010, former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski hired Hughes to be the wide receivers coach for the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL.[5]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | TSN# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (2000–2009) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Princeton | 3–7 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2001 | Princeton | 3–6 | 3–4 | T–7th | |||||
| 2002 | Princeton | 6–4 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2003 | Princeton | 2–8 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
| 2004 | Princeton | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2005 | Princeton | 7–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2006 | Princeton | 9–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | 18 | ||||
| 2007 | Princeton | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2008 | Princeton | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2009 | Princeton | 4–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| Princeton: | 47–52 | 35–35 | |||||||
| Stetson Hatters (Pioneer Football League) (2013–2020) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Stetson | 2–9 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
| 2014 | Stetson | 5–7 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 2015 | Stetson | 3–8 | 1–7 | T–8th | |||||
| 2016 | Stetson | 4–7 | 2–6 | T–9th | |||||
| 2017 | Stetson | 2–9 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
| 2018 | Stetson | 8–2 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2019 | Stetson | 7–4 | 4–4 | T-5th | |||||
| 2020 | Stetson | 0–4 | 0–4 | T-7th | |||||
| Stetson: | 31–50 | 18–42 | |||||||
| Total: | 78–102 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||