Jack and Quinn Hughes: Team USA’s brother duo and their Olympic coach mom

Hockey runs in the Hughes family. Jack and Quinn are sons of Jim and Ellen Hughes, both hockey coaches; Ellen later joined the U.S. women’s program and helped them to gold. The couple are also parents to Luke, who plays alongside Jack on the New Jersey Devils but did not make the 2026 Olympic team.

Jack and Quinn made their Olympic debut at the 2026 Milan–Cortina Games as teammates on the U.S. men’s team. They have helped the squad reach the semifinals, recording wins over Latvia, Denmark and Germany and a quarterfinal victory over Sweden. Quinn, a defenseman who played at the University of Michigan from 2017 to 2019, was drafted seventh overall in 2018 and was traded to the Minnesota Wild this past season.

After withdrawing from last year’s roster with a lower-body/oblique injury, he returned and scored the game‑winning goal against Sweden. Jack, the 2019 first‑overall pick who plays forward for the New Jersey Devils and went straight to the NHL instead of playing college hockey, praised his brother: "That’s unreal.

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