Peter Hughes Position: Head Coach Birthdate: 01/11/1968 Experience: 7th Season

Now in his eighth season as head coach of the Eagles, Pete Hughes has elevated the Boston College baseball program to unprecedented heights. In 2005 Hughes led the Eagles to a school-record 37 wins as his squad was named the Division 1 New England Baseball Team of the Year.

Prior to Hughes' arrival, BC averaged 13 wins a season over 35 years. In the past six seasons under Hughes, the Eagles have averaged more than 30 wins per year, culminating in a record 35 victories in 2000.

Fifteen players have been signed to professional contracts since the beginning of the Hughes era and four have received All-American honors. Six players from the 2004 squad were signed, including Chris Lambert, Ryan Morgan, Jake Marsello, Kevin Shepard, Matt O'Donnell and Ryan Leahy. Lambert was selected in the first round by the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the only Boston College player selected in that round in school history.

Other players that have signed with major league teams include Sean McGowan, Jeff Waldron, Steve Langone, Eric Olson, Mike Gambino, Jed Rogers, Jeff Mackor, Mark Sullivan and Matt Elfeldt. McGowan, who was selected as an All-American in 1999, put up the country's second-best home run total (25) in 1999 and helped the Eagles finish second nationally in batting average (.354). Second-team All-American Steve Langone led the country in ERA (1.54) in 2000 and was picked by the Red Sox in the 2004 Rule Five draft after playing in the Dodgers organization for the past five seasons.

Despite a 3-13 record to start the season in 2004, the two-time Big East Coach of the Year rallied his troops in typical fashion, and the Eagles compiled a 29-14 record the rest of the way to finish at 32-27. The squad advanced to the championship round of the Big East Tournament before losing to Notre Dame, 11-5, and earning a second-place finish. Juniors Lambert and Jason Delaney were named to the All-Big East first team and Leahy and junior Drew Locke were named to the second team.

In 2003, the Eagles finished with the program's second-highest win total (33-21), while completing a 13-11 record in the Big East. Four Eagles qualified for conference postseason accolades, including Locke, who picked up regional distinction and Lambert, who earned District I Player-of-the-Year distinction.

The 2002 Eagles posted 30 wins - second most in school history - and went into the final weekend of the regular season with a shot at the Big East regular season championship. For the second time in three years, Hughes was named Big East Coach of the Year, and Lambert became the first pitcher in conference history to earn both the Big East Rookie and Pitcher of the Year awards. In all, six Eagles garnered all-Big East honors, while four received regional accolades. Lambert and Locke earned Freshman All-American status. Jeff Mackor and Matt Elfeldt were selected in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.

The Eagles finished with 29 wins in 2001 and while that team did not make the postseason, it did feature five players named by the conference to the first, second or third teams.

Hughes outwitted the sophomore jinx in his second year at BC in 2000. Included in his list of accomplishments are Big East, New England and ABCA/Diamond Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year after guiding the Eagles to a school-record 35-20 mark and its second-ever appearance in the conference tournament, in which the Eagles finished third. The only other time an Eagles' squad made it to the 17-year old Big East Tournament was 1991. The 2000 squad shattered the previous school record for wins, set in 1999 during Hughes' inaugural season with Boston College. During the 2000 season, Hughes tallied his 100th career coaching victory with a two-game sweep of Vermont on April 12.

Hughes has guided his teams to back-to-back all-time single-season win improvements (nine) in his first two seasons (17-23-1 in 1998 to 26-21-1 in 1999 and 35-20 in 2000)

At Trinity University (Texas), Hughes inherited a team that had averaged 11 wins per season in each of the previous 17 years. In just two years with the program, Trinity averaged 26 victories and won 63 percent of its games under Hughes, setting the school record for wins (33) and earning a regular season conference championship in his second and final season in 1998.

As a player, the Boston College High School graduate was a four-year standout at Davidson College, captaining the team his senior year. Following his graduation from Davidson in 1990, Hughes then spent one year as an assistant baseball coach at Division III Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., before an assistant coaching appointment with Northeastern from 1991-1995.

Hughes and his wife Debby reside in Millis, Mass. and recently welcomed the addition of their fifth child to the family, PJ, born on August 13, 2004. The youngest Hughes child joins brothers Thomas 8, Hal 6, Dominic 4 and sister Grace, 2.

Hughes' File
Born: January 11, 1968
Collegiate Education: Davidson College, 1990
Collegiate Playing Career: Four-year letterwinner and captain for the Wildcats

Coaching Career

Career Head Coaching Record