The famed coach was a five-time Texas state champion and spent 32 years as the coach at Fort Worth Dunbar.
ORG XMIT: *S0412671385* Dunbar High School basketball coach Robert Hughes, 76 is retiring after 47 seasons, 1,333 victories and five state titles at I.M. Terrell and Dunbar High Schools.These pictures were taken Tuesday, April 26, 2005.in the history of high school boys basketball, has passed away at the age of 96, according to multiple reports.
The Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Famer was a five-time Texas state champion as a coach and was the 2003 National High School Coach of the Year. Hughes spent 32 years as the head boys basketball coach at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, where he won two state titles and made 30 consecutive playoff appearances before retiring in 2005.His head coaching career began in 1958 at I.M.
, Staff, Reporter. Myah Taylor covers high school sports. She formerly worked as a Collin County reporter for The Dallas Morning News. Taylor has contributed to the Austin American-Statesman, Yahoo Sports, the Los Angeles Times and Texas Monthly. She is a 2022 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.