Pugh named to OGBCA Hall of Fame

Former Cashion coach Totsy Pugh is among the group announced as the 2026 class of the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

The announcement was made last week when the OGBCA also released its 2026 All-State selections.

Other inductees this year will be Todd Been, Leah Beer, Jon Hadley, Larry Grigg, David Lampton and Steve Odle.

The OGBCA Hall of Fame Banquet is 11 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at Mustang High School, the same day and location of the annual all-state games.

“Receiving the news that I was being inducted into the OGBCA Hall of Fame this year was humbling and something I never set out chasing, but deeply appreciate,” Pugh said. Cashion was the last of seven stops in a career that spanned 23 total years, 21 of them as a head coach. Those stops included Del City, Westmoore, Binger- Oney, El Reno, Choctaw and Deer Creek prior to Cashion. She’s coached 13 teams that reached the state tournament.

Pugh’s biggest success was at Deer Creek where she guided the Lady Antlers to consecutive state championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Her 2017 Deer Creek team was a state runner-up before she made the move to Cashion.

Pugh’s last two years in coaching were spent with the Lady Wildcats’ program.

Her first team in 2018 was the Class 2A state runner-up.

She retired from coaching after the 2019 season and remains at Cashion as the high school’s dean of students.

Pugh was named the OGBCA Regional Coach of the Year five times (1999, 2002, 2004, 2013 and 2014).

She has earned multiple other coach of the year honors, including The Oklahoman’s Super Five Coach of the Year in 2014.

Pugh was twice tabbed to coach the OGBCA All-State game for the Large West (2001 and 2018) and she coached the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Large West team in 2013.

Pugh credits those she’s worked for, worked with and coached for much of her success.

“My mind immediately goes back to the players who trusted me, believed in our program and gave everything they had each time they stepped on the court,” Pugh said. “I think about the coaches who mentored me, challenged me, and helped shape my philosophy. I’m incredibly grateful for every player who has been part of this journey – they are the true reason this moment means so much.

“This honor is a reflection of all of those relationships and shared experiences.”