Sean Hughes

Biography

University of Michigan men’s soccer head coach Chaka Daley announced the hiring of Sean Hughes as an associate head coach for the 2024 season Wednesday (Feb. 7). Hughes comes to Michigan after an eight-year stint as a coach at Marquette University where he served as the associate head coach since 2020 and was the team’s recruiting coordinator. During his time at MU, Hughes helped the team to three BIG EAST Tournament appearances, an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 2020-21, and a Big East Midwest Championship in 2021. At Marquette he helped coach three student-athletes to MLS SuperDraft picks, two Big East Freshmen of the Year awards, the Big East GK of the Year and had 13 players named to the All-BIG EAST team. He was also an integral part of Lukas Sunesson’s MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist bid. Prior to his time at Marquette, Hughes was the head coach at Maryville University in 2015, where he set the single season record for wins at the Division II level and his team had the most shutouts in program history. Under his tutelage, Hughes helped the team earn the program’s first-ever postseason award, the GLVC Freshman of the Year. Prior to Maryville, Hughes served as an assistant coach at Quincy University where he helped the program to a 49-9-8 record with two Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships and an NCAA semifinal appearance, while finishing as the No. 3-ranked team nationally in the 2014 campaign. During his time at Quincy, Hughes coached four All-Americans, two GLVC F