DATE: Friday, July 11, 1997                 TAG: 9707110828

SECTION: SPORTS                  PAGE: C2   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: STAFF AND WIRE REPORT 

DATELINE: LONG BEACH, CALIF.                LENGTH:   24 lines

EX-COX, ODU PLAYER MCHUGH TO COACH THE ABL'S STINGRAYS

Maura McHugh, a graduate of Cox High School and Old Dominion University, has been named head coach of the American Basketball League's Long Beach StingRays.

McHugh, 44, played at ODU from 1971-75. The last two years at ODU she was a teammate of Wendy Larry, current coach of the Lady Monarchs.

McHugh went on to coach the women's teams at Oklahoma and Arizona State. She coached at Oklahoma from 1981-87, during which she accumulated a 142-70 record. She then coached from 1988-93 at Arizona State, where her teams were 84-84.

Since 1993, McHugh has served as executive director of The Business Council For Alcohol Education in Phoenix. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

Maura McHugh, with coaching stints at Oklahoma and Arizona State,

accumulated a 226-154 record from 1981-93.

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