Robert Hughes is a former high school basketball coach. From 1973 to 2005 he coached at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fort Worth, Texas)

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a comprehensive high school in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas.Named for the dialectical poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the school strives to highly educate the majority African-American community it serves....

 in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. He previously coached at I.M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth (an all-black high school) during segregation

Racial segregation

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. After segregation ended and I.M. Terrell was shut down, Mr. Hughes began coaching at Dunbar. Combined, he won five state basketball titles. He retired as the all-time winningest high school basketball coach with 1,333 wins, passing Morgan Wootten

Morgan Wootten

Morgan Bayard Wootten is an American former high school basketball coach.From 1956 to 2002, he coached at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He has the most wins as a head coach in the history of basketball on any level. A number of his players went on to play in the NBA,...

 in 2003.

Hughes attended Texas Southern University

Texas Southern University

Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas, United States....

 and was drafted by the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

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