Ronald Hughey
Ronald Hughey joined the Virginia staff as an assistant in March of 2025.
Hughey joined the Cavaliers following an 11-year stint as head coach at Houston.
At Houston, Hughey led the Cougars to four appearances in the WNIT and oversaw the development of all-conference players such as Laila Blair, Jasmyne Harris and Dorian Branch. Prior to taking over at Houston, he accumulated 10 years of coaching experience as an assistant at the NCAA Division I level helping guide five different schools to the postseason each year from 2007-14 including Florida State, Texas, Rutgers, UCF and South Carolina.
A noted recruiter, Hughey played a major part in helping Florida State sign one of the nation’s top recruiting classes. Serving as an assistant coach in Tallahassee from 2012-14, he helped bring in a 2013 signing class which was ranked as the nation’s No. 7 class by All-Star Girls report and No. 11 by ESPN HoopGurlz. The group included three top-100 players, including McDonald’s All-American Kai James. During his time at FSU, Hughey also helped develop Natasha Howard into a WBCA All-American and an AP All-America Honorable Mention. Howard went on to be selected as the fifth overall pick by the Indiana Fever in the 2014 WNBA Draft.
Prior to his time at FSU, Hughey spent two years as an assistant at Texas. During his time in Austin, he helped the program advance to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and landed consecutive top-15 recruiting classes landing the No. 12 class in 2012 and the 10th-best in 2011.
A native of Charleston, S.C., Hughey earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Limestone in 2006.
Ronald Hughey Coaching History
2014-25 – Houston – Head Coach
2012-14 – Florida State – Assistant Coach
2010-12 – Texas – Assistant Coach
2009-10 – Rutgers – Assistant Coach
2008-09 – UCF – Assistant Coach
2007-08 – South Carolina – Assistant Coach
2004-07 – South Carolina State – Assistant Coach