title: Rex Hughes
text: Rex Hughes (September 24, 1938 – May 9, 2016) was an American college and professional basketball coach. He coached men's basketball at Long Beach City College, Kent State University, and later served as a National Basketball Association (NBA) assistant coach. He served as head coach for part of a season with the Sacramento Kings, and a single game as an interim coach with the San Antonio Spurs.  Hughes also worked in NBA scouting and basketball operations with the Kings, Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic. Hughes went to Redondo High School and played college basketball at Pepperdine.
  
  Head Coaching Positions
  In 1968–1969, Hughes was head coach at Long Beach City College, his first collegiate job after coaching in high school. His squad finished 23–5. When Hughes left to be an assistant at Nebraska, he was replaced by Lute Olson, in his first collegiate job.
  
  Replacing Frank Truitt at Kent State University in 1974, Hughes' teams went 6–20, 12–14 and 8–19 over the next three seasons. The team started 1–10 in 1977–1978, when he was replaced by Mike Boyd.
  
  In 1978–1979, Hughes was head coach and general manager of the Montana Sky (Great Falls, Montana) in the short-lived Western Basketball Association. The Sky were co-owned by country singer Charlie Pride. Notably, Hughes had Cazzie Russell and Brad Davis on the roster. Hughes was hired by the Sky mid-season when Coach Bill Klukas was fired after a 3–17 start. The league folded after one season.
  
  In 1991–1992 Hughes served as an assistant coach under Dick Motta with the Sacramento Kings and went 22–35 in 57 games, replacing Motta as head coach after Motta was fired.
  
  In 1992–1993, Hughes was hired to serve as an assistant coach to Jerry Tarkanian with the San Antonio Spurs. However, just 20 games into the season at 9–11, Tarkanian was fired. Hughes was 1–0 as interim head coach before John Lucas (39–22) was hired.
  
  Media
  
  On March 4, 2009, Hughes became the 15th person in "The Rex Streak", a streak by radio talk show host Jim Rome of consecutive days interviewing someone named Rex.
  
  Death
  
  Hughes died on May 9, 2016, at the age of 77.
  
  References
  
  External links
   BasketballReference.com: Rex Hughes
  
  1938 births
  2016 deaths
  American men's basketball coaches
  American men's basketball players
  Basketball coaches from California
  Basketball players from California
  College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
  High school basketball coaches in California
  Junior college men's basketball coaches in the United States
  Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball coaches
  Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball coaches
  Pepperdine Waves men's basketball players
  Sacramento Kings assistant coaches
  Sacramento Kings head coaches
  San Antonio Spurs assistant coaches
  San Antonio Spurs head coaches
  UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coaches
  USC Trojans men's basketball coaches
  Vancouver Grizzlies assistant coaches
  Western Basketball Association coaches