Stan Hughes was named part-time assistant men's basketball coach at Coe College in September 2021. Coach Stan, who gained experience as both an assistant coach and head coach over the past 25 years, joins the program after serving as CEO of player personnel/academic advisor with EGOS Academy the last three years. Coach Stan rejuvenated the basketball program at Simmons College of Kentucky where it played in Region 7 in the NJCAA Conference. The five years that Coach Stan was at Simmons, he had a record of 126-86 overall, placing numerous athletes into four-year colleges all over the country. Coach Hughes then was highly recommended to come to Iowa to start the very first prep school in the state, Quakerdale Prep. During his two seasons as head coach, he won two National Championships while placing 31 student-athletes in college programs. In 2012, he was recruiting to Southern Tech, another prep school, where he won two more National Championships. In 2016, Coach Stan came back to Iowa to help form a minor professional basketball tea, the Cedar Valley CourtKings. During the 2016-17 campaign, he and his team won the Midwest Basketball League (MBL) title, and helped six players get professional contracts overseas and in the NBA G-League. In the summer of 2017 Coach Stan was named an assistant coach at Kennedy High School, where he served for two seasons from 2017-2019. He most recently served as an assistant coach at Anamosa High School in 2020-21, helping with player development. Coach Stan has coached a number of young men, while coaching on the AAU circuit with DC Assault, who are now playing in the NBA.
Coach Stan, a native of Washington D.C., is a graduate of Sullivan University and Simmons University of Kentucky. He currently lives in Cedar Rapids with his wife Molly and stepson, Alijah. He has a daughter, Stanisha, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
