Eric Hughes enters his first season with the Dallas Mavericks as an assistant coach. Previously, he served as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers each of the last three seasons (2020-23), after being hired as a player development coach ahead of the 2019-20 campaign.
Prior to Philadelphia, Hughes held coaching roles with Milwaukee, Brooklyn and Toronto. Before his stint with the Raptors, Hughes worked as the Director of Summer Player Development for Goodwin Sports Management in Seattle for five years (2002-07), creating workout programs and training NBA players.
He also served as the head coach at Spokane Community College in Spokane, Washington, during that time. Additionally, Hughes was as an assistant at the University of Washington, as well as the University of California, Berkeley.
A 1989 graduate of California State University, East Bay, Hughes went on to receive a master’s degree from Illinois State in 1991. A native of Oakland, California, Hughes and his wife Kristin have two sons, Alexander James (AJ) and Ryan Christopher.
