Jon Hughes named boys basketball coach at St. Margaret’s

Jon Hughes gives directions to his Calvary Chapel girls basketball players during a non-league girls basketball game against Anaheim in Santa Ana on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Hughes now is the boys basketball coach at St. Margaret’s. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

St. Margaret’s hired Jon Hughes as its boys basketball coach, the school announced Wednesday.

Hughes coached the girls basketball team at Calvary Chapel the past two seasons. Before that he was the boys basketball coach at Calvary Chapel from 2019 to 2021. He led the Eagles to the CIF Southern Section Division 5AA championship in 2021. He was also the school’s athletic director.

At St. Margaret’s he replaces Chris Nordstrom, who resigned recently and will remain a teacher at St. Margaret’s.

St. Margaret’s this past season finished 17-11 overall. The Tartans were second in the Orange Coast League with a 9-3 league record. They lost to Pilibos in the first round of the Division 3AA playoffs.