December 7, 1991(1991-12-07) (aged 86) San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1927–1929
Oregon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938–1940
Menlo (backfield)
1941–1943
Menlo
1946–1949
Menlo
1950–1961
Cal Poly
Basketball
1938–1944
Menlo
1946–1950
Menlo
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1950–1962
Cal Poly
Head coaching record
Overall
72–38–1 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 CAAA (1952–1953)
LeRoy Barry Hughes (November 20, 1905 – December 7, 1991) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Menlo Junior College in Atherton, California (1941–1943, 1946–1949) and California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California (1950–1961).[1] He was the head coach at Cal Poly during the California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash in 1960.[2][3]
Hughes was a member of the University of Oregon men's basketball team from 1927 to 1929.[4] He was hired as athletic director and head football coach at Cal Poly in March 1950.[5]
^"Students Greet Coach At Poly Stadium Rally". El Mustang. Cal Poly. March 24, 1950. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^"Remember the Mustangs: The Story of the 1960 Football Team". Cal Poly Mustangs. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^"Airliner Crashes Carrying Football Team". gendisasters.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^"2016-17 Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon Ducks. 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^"Cal Poly Gets New Grid Coach". Lompoc Record. Lompoc, California. March 16, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved July 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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during the 1956 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach LeRoyHughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 0–2 in conference...
during the 1957 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach LeRoyHughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference...
during the 1955 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach LeRoyHughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 2–1 in conference...
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