Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
basketball coach basketball player
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
He played professional basketball in the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association) and the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association) with the New York / New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, and Cleveland Cavaliers between 1975 and 1981. Hughes served as the interim head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers for 33 games in 2010. On July 4, 2015, he was fired from his position as an assistant coach with the Portland Trail Blazers.
The 6-foot-11 Hughes played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1974, averaging 15 points and 11 rebounds as a senior.
His identical twin, Kerry, also 6-11, was also a starter on the Badgers. Hughes was selected by the Buffalo Braves in the third round (ninth pick) of the 1974 National Basketball Association draft.
He played professionally in Italy during the 1974-1975 season. He spent the 1975-1976 season with the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association), where he averaged eight points and nine rebounds and was named to the First Team American Bar Association All-Rookie Team.
Hughes spent two more seasons with the Nets after the franchise moved to the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association).
In July 1978, Hughes signed with the Denver Nuggets, where he played for two full seasons. Eight games into the 1980-1981 National Basketball Association season, Hughes was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. He retired from the National Basketball Association at the end of the 1981 season, but continued to play professionally in Italy until 1989.
During his American Bar Association and National Basketball Association career, Hughes averaged 3.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and had field goal and free throw percentages of 49.7% and 39.7%, respectively
Hughes has worked as a scout and assistant coach with the National Basketball Association"s Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, Los Angeles Clippers, and Portland Trail Blazers.
In 2004, Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but the Clippers and Donald Sterling refused to cover the cost of his surgery. Several Clippers players, including Corey Maggette, Chris Kaman, Marko Jaric and Elton Brand, chipped in to pay for Hughes" treatment.
lieutenant turned out that the cancer was more advanced than previously thought and about to metastasize. The cost of the surgery was estimated by Hughes to be at least $70,000.
On February 4, 2010, Hughes replaced Mike Dunleavy, Senior as the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.
On April 15, 2010, Hughes was released from his duties as interim head coach after going 8–25. On August 17, 2012, Hughes was named as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. On July 4, 2015, it was reported that Kim Hughes was relieved of his duties as assistant coach of the Portland Trail Blazers due to circumstances related to media statements and free agency.