As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2003
                                                            File No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                 HUB GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

           Delaware                                    36-4007085
    (State or Other Jurisdiction           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 of Incorporation or Organization

 377 East Butterfield Road, Suite 700
     Lombard, Illinois                                 60515
         3050 Highland Parkway
                  Suite 100
        Downers Grove, Illinois
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)

                  Hub Group, Inc. 2002 Long Term Incentive Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                David C. Zeilstra
                                 Hub Group, Inc.

                              3050 Highland Parkway
                                    Suite 100
                          Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 (630) 271-3600
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE




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Title of Class of Securities    Amount to be    Offering Price      Aggregate       Amount of
  to be Registered              Registered(1)     Per Share      Offering Price  Registration Fee
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Common Stock, par value $.01
per share ..................    421,000 Shares    $5.15 (2)       $2,168,220 (2)     $175.41 (2)
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Common Stock, par value $.01
per share ..................    179,000 Shares     $5.85(3)       $1,047,150 (3)       $84.71(3)

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                                                                                       $260.12
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(1)  The number of shares of Common Stock to be registered may be adjusted
     in accordance with the provisions of the Plan in the event that, during
     the period that the Plan is in effect, the number of shares of Common
     Stock is increased or decreased or such shares are changed into or
     exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other
     securities of the Company through reorganization, merger or
     consolidation, recapitalization, stock split, split-up, combination,
     exchange of shares, declaration of any Common Stock dividends or similar
     events without receipt of consideration by the Company. Accordingly, this
     Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of
     Common Stock stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which by
     reason of any such events may be issued in accordance with the provisions
     of the Plan.



(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
     Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed
     offering price represents the weighted average of the exercise prices of
     outstanding options.
(3)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, computed on
     the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices on March 10,
     2003.





                                     PART II


                             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
                           THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by Hub Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), File No. 0-27754, are incorporated by reference
herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:

         (a)      The description of the Company's Common Stock included in the
                  Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
                  Commission on February 13, 1996.

         (b)      our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                  2002.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         (a) The Delaware General Corporation Law ("GCL") (Section 145) gives
Delaware corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former
directors and officers and those of affiliated corporations against expenses
incurred in the defense of any lawsuit to which they are made parties by reason
of being or having been such directors or officers, subject to specified
conditions and exclusions, gives a director or officer who successfully defends
an action the right to be so indemnified, and authorizes the Registrant to buy
directors' and officers' liability insurance. Such indemnification is not
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any by-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

         (b) Article Eleventh of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant permits, and Article VI of the By-Laws of the Registrant provides
for, indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest
extent permitted by law.

         (c) In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware GCL, the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors shall not be
liable for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors


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except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not
permitted under the Delaware GCL as the same exists or may be amended.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See Index to Exhibits which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         1.       To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)
                           (3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the registration
                           statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the registration statement;

                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the registration statement or any material change to
                           such information in the registration statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not
                  apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
                  S-8, and the information required to be included in a
                  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                  periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section
                  13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
                  incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         2.       That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         3.       To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered




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therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Downers Grove, State of Illinois, on March 14, 2003.

                                 HUB GROUP, INC.


                                 By:  /s/ David P. Yeager
                                      ---------------------------------
                                      David P. Yeager
                                      Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each of the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Hub Group, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoints
David P. Yeager, David C. Zeilstra and Thomas L. Hardin, and each of them
severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of
substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all
instruments that the attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the
Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration
Statement registration, including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name in
his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or Officer
of the Corporation, the Registration Statement and/or any other form or forms as
may be appropriate to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
any of them may deem appropriate in respect of the common stock of the
Corporation, to any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective
amendments, to such Registration Statement, to any related Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this prospectus.

         Under the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
below on March 14, 2003.

        Signature                           Title
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/s/ Phillip C. Yeager                        Chairman and Director
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Phillip C. Yeager

/s/ David P. Yeager                          Vice-chairman, Chief Executive
---------------------------                  Officer and Director
David P. Yeager

/s/ Thomas L. Hardin                         President, Chief Operating Officer
---------------------------                  and Director
Thomas L. Hardin

/s/ Thomas M. White                          Senior Vice President - Finance
---------------------------                  and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas M. White                              (Principal Financial and
                                              Accounting Officer)

/s/ Charles R. Reaves                        Director
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Charles R. Reaves

/s/ Martin L. Slark                          Director
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Martin L. Slark

/s/ Gary D. Eppen                            Director
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Gary D. Eppen


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                             Description of Exhibit
Number                              ----------------------
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 3.1     Amended Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
         Exhibits 3.1 and 3.3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 File No.
         33-90210)

 3.2     By-laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration
         Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-90210)

 4.1     Hub Group, Inc. 2002 Long Term Incentive Plan

 5.1     Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw

23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

23.2     Consent of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1     Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this
         registration statement)


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