# Pete Hughes

Pete Hughes (born January 11, 1968) is an American college baseball coach and head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats baseball team. Hughes is the winningest active Big 12 head baseball coach with 820 career victories and only active NCAA baseball coach to have served as a head coach at four Power Four programs. Previously he served as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball and the Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team.

## Playing career

After growing up in Brockton, Massachusetts, Hughes attended Boston College High School, lettering in both baseball and football for the Eagles. Hughes then was a four-year starting quarterback at Davidson College. He also played third base for the Wildcats baseball team.

## Coaching career

After completing college, Hughes became an assistant coach for both baseball and football at Hamilton College. He stayed there for one academic year before moving to Northeastern in the same dual capacity. After five years, he decided to focus on baseball and landed his first head coaching job at Trinity University in Texas. Taking just two seasons to improve the Tigers to a conference championship, Hughes was hired by Boston College after the 1998 season. His success with the Eagles was also immediate, improving Boston College's record by nine wins in his first year. Hughes picked up a variety of Coach of the Year awards in his second season, including awards from the Big East Conference and regional selectors of the American Baseball Coaches Association. He would earn more such honors in 2002 and 2005. He also led the Eagles to the Big East Conference baseball tournament five times in seven years. Boston College had only appeared in the tournament once prior to his arrival.
Hughes was hired as head coach at Virginia Tech beginning in the 2007 season, replacing Hall of Famer Chuck Hartman, who had led the Hokies for the previous 28 years. Hughes has rebuilt the Hokies into a power, bringing the team back into the national rankings and to the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament on a regular basis. Hughes earned a three-year contract extension after the 2009 season. He was hired by the Oklahoma Sooners in 2014. He was let go by the Sooners in June 2017. On July 31, 2017, Hughes was named volunteer assistant at Georgia. On June 8, 2018, Hughes was named the head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats baseball team.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Trinity Tigers (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–1998) ||||||
| 1997 | Trinity (TX) | 19–19 | 9–8 | 2nd (West) | |
| 1998 | Trinity (TX) | 33–11 | 15–3 | 1st (West) | |
| Trinity (TX): | Trinity (TX): | 52–30 (.634) | 24–11 (.686) | | |
| Boston College Eagles (Big East Conference) (1999–2005) ||||||
| 1999 | Boston College | 26–21–1 | 10–15–1 | 9th | |
| 2000 | Boston College | 35–20 | 12–11 | 5th | Big East tournament |
| 2001 | Boston College | 29–22 | 11–13 | 8th | |
| 2002 | Boston College | 30–25 | 15–11 | T–3rd | Big East tournament |
| 2003 | Boston College | 33–21 | 13–11 | 5th | |
| 2004 | Boston College | 32–27 | 15–9 | 4th | Big East tournament |
| 2005 | Boston College | 37–20 | 17–8 | 2nd | Big East tournament |
| Boston College Eagles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2006) ||||||
| 2006 | Boston College | 28–25–1 | 9–21 | 5th (Atlantic) | |
| Boston College: | Boston College: | 250–181–2 (.580) | 102–99–1 (.507) | | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2007–2013) ||||||
| 2007 | Virginia Tech | 23–31 | 4–25 | 6th (Coastal) | |
| 2008 | Virginia Tech | 23–32 | 6–24 | 6th (Coastal) | |
| 2009 | Virginia Tech | 32–21 | 12–17 | 6th (Coastal) | |
| 2010 | Virginia Tech | 40–22 | 16–14 | 4th (Coastal) | NCAA Regional |
| 2011 | Virginia Tech | 30–25 | 11–19 | 5th (Coastal) | |
| 2012 | Virginia Tech | 34–21 | 11–19 | 5th (Coastal) | |
| 2013 | Virginia Tech | 40–22 | 15–14 | 3rd (Coastal) | NCAA Regional |
| Virginia Tech: | Virginia Tech: | 222–174 (.561) | 75–132 (.362) | | |
| Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12 Conference) (2014–2017) ||||||
| 2014 | Oklahoma | 29–29 | 8–16 | 8th | Big 12 tournament |
| 2015 | Oklahoma | 34–27 | 13–11 | T–3rd | Big 12 tournament |
| 2016 | Oklahoma | 30–27–1 | 11–13 | 5th | Big 12 tournament |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | 35–24 | 12–11 | 3rd | NCAA Regional |
| Oklahoma: | Oklahoma: | 128–107–1 (.544) | 43–51 (.457) | | |
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big 12 Conference) (2019–present) ||||||
| 2019 | Kansas State | 25–33 | 8–16 | 8th | Big 12 tournament |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 10–7 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 34–23 | 10–14 | 7th | Big 12 tournament |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 29–29 | 8–16 | 7th | Big 12 tournament |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 35–24 | 13–11 | 5th | Big 12 tournament |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 35–26 | 15–15 | T–6th | NCAA Super Regional |
| Kansas State: | Kansas State: | 168–142 (.542) | 54–72 (.429) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 820–634–3 (.564) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||