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Rex Hughes is a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached men's basketball at Kent State University, and would later serve as an NBA head and assistant coach. He served as head coach for part of a season with the Sacramento Kings, and a single game (as an interim coach) with the San Antonio Spurs.

On March 4, 2009, Hughes became the 15th person in, "The Rex Streak", a streak by radio talk show host Jim Rome of consecutive days interviewing someone named Rex.

External links

BasketballReference.com: Rex Hughes

v t e Sacramento Kings

Formerly the Rochester Royals, the Cincinnati Royals, the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, and the Kansas City Kings • Founded in 1945 • Based in Sacramento, California

The Franchise	Franchise • All-Time roster • Head coaches • Seasons • Current season

Arenas	Edgerton Park Arena • Rochester War Memorial • Cincinnati Gardens • Kansas City Municipal Auditorium • Omaha Civic Auditorium • Kemper Arena • ARCO Arena I • Power Balance Pavilion

Coaches	Harrison • Wanzer • Marshall • Wolf • McMahon • Jucker • Cousy • Young • Johnson • Staverman • Fitzsimmons • McKinney • Johnson • Reynolds • Russell • Reynolds • Motta • Hughes • St. Jean • Jordan • Adelman • Musselman • Theus • Natt • Westphal • Smart

D-League Affiliate	Reno Bighorns

Administration	Maloof Sports and Entertainment (majority owners) • Geoff Petrie (President of Basketball Operations) • Wayne Cooper (VP of Basketball Ops.) • Smart (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	1 • 2 • 4 • 6 (The Sixth Man) • 11 • 12 • 14 • 21 • 27 • 44

NBA Championships (1)	1951

Rivals	Golden State Warriors • Los Angeles Lakers

Media	TV: Comcast SportsNet California • Radio: KHTK-AM • Announcers: Gary Gerould • Grant Napear • Jerry Reynolds • Fat Lever •

San Antonio Spurs

Formerly the Dallas Chaparrals • Founded in 1967 • Based in San Antonio, Texas

The Franchise

Franchise • Seasons • Current season

Arenas

State Fair Coliseum • Moody Coliseum • Tarrant County Coliseum • Lubbock Municipal Coliseum • HemisFair Arena • Alamodome • AT&T Center

Coaches

Hagan • Williams • Blakeley • Nissalke • McCarthy • Brown • Nissalke • Bass • Moe • Bass • Albeck • McHone • Bass • Fitzsimmons • Weiss • Brown • Bass • Tarkanian • Hughes • Lucas • Hill • Popovich

D-League Affiliate

Austin Toros

Administration

Owner: Peter Holt • General Manager: R. C. Buford • Head Coach: Gregg Popovich

Retired Numbers

00 • 6 • 13 • 32 • 44 • 50

Hall of Famers

George Gervin • Moses Malone • Dominique Wilkins • David Robinson • Artis Gilmore

NBA Championships (4)

1999 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007

Rivals

Dallas Mavericks • Houston Rockets • Los Angeles Lakers • Phoenix Suns

Mascot

The Coyote

Culure and lore

Iceman • The Twin Towers • The Big Three • Pop • The "Admiral" • Hack-a-Shaq joke • TD • Memorial Day Miracle • Christmas day "thriller" • 2010–11 NBA season

Media

TV	KENS • KMYS • Fox Sports Southwest

Radio	WOAI • KCOR

Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball head coaches

Alexander Whyte (1913–1915)
Donald Ulrich (1915–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Paul G. Chandler (1919–1923)
Frank Harsh (1923–1925)
Merle E. Wagoner (1925–1933)
Gus Peterka (1933–1935)
Donald Starn (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
William A. Satterlee (1944–1946)
Harry Adams (1946–1948)
David E. McDowell (1948–1951)
Clarence R. "Bud" Haerr (1951–1955)
David E. McDowell (1955–1957)
William Bertka (1957–1961)
Robert F. Doll (1961–1966)
Frank Truitt (1966–1974)
Rex Hughes (1974–1978)
Mike Boyd # (1978)
Ed Douma (1978–1982)
Jim McDonald (1982–1992)
Dave Grube (1992–1996)
Gary Waters (1996–2001)
Stan Heath (2001–2002)
Jim Christian (2002–2008)
Geno Ford (2008–2011)
Rob Senderoff (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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Name	Hughes, Rex
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Short description	American basketball player-coach
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