{"id":11574,"date":"2026-04-24T20:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/prep-roundup-hughes-steps-down-at-cooper-bryan-stevenson-tournament-underway-friday-link-nky\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:38:49","slug":"prep-roundup-hughes-steps-down-at-cooper-bryan-stevenson-tournament-underway-friday-link-nky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/prep-roundup-hughes-steps-down-at-cooper-bryan-stevenson-tournament-underway-friday-link-nky\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep roundup: Hughes steps down at Cooper, Bryan Stevenson Tournament underway Friday – LINK nky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scott Hughes has stepped down as Cooper High School\u2019s girls soccer coach after 10 seasons, closing out the longest and most successful run in the program\u2019s 19-year history.
For Hughes, a soccer lifer, the decision was more than a year in the making and anything but easy.
\u201cI had been thinking about it, and I was really torn last fall,\u201d said Hughes, who stayed on for the 2025 season before making his decision. \u201cA lot went into it.\u201d
The 2017 Ninth Region Coach of the Year made clear his choice isn\u2019t tied to the wave of changes inside the Cooper athletic department, including the resignation of athletic director and football coach Randy Borchers.
\u201cI talked to Mr. Borchers about how I was feeling. He told me to take as much time as I needed, and I recently told him what I decided,\u201d said Hughes, who stepped down a month before Borchers resigned. \u201cIt just so happened that I met with him and then the team right before the avalanche of changes at Cooper. My decision is wholly independent of those changes.\u201d
The timing reflects the weight of the past few years. Hughes made his final call in late February. That\u2019s the point on the calendar when he\u2019d normally be gearing up for another year. Instead, he was navigating grief. His father died suddenly during the 2025 season following unexpected complications from back surgery. That came just a year after the death of Taylor Neltner. She was one of Hughes\u2019 former players who had returned to help him coach the Jaguars and his club team. She collapsed at a club practice in 2024.
\u201cHer passing was really difficult, and I am still learning how to cope with it today,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cAs I was finding my footing, my dad died. Those very grief-stricken moments have put me into a position where I think I need to get away from coaching for a bit.\u201d <\/p>\n