As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2004
                                                                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)


 3050 Highland Parkway, Suite 100
      Downers Grove, Illinois                                 60515
 (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)


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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         Title of Class of Securities            Amount to be   Offering Price Per    Aggregate          Amount of
             to be Registered (1)               Registered(2)          Share        Offering Price   Registration Fee
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share......    500,000 Shares      $ 33.11(2)       $16,555,000(2)    $2,098.000(2)
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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)    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 May 14, 2004.






                                     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, 2003.

     (c)  Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
          2004.

     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
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 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.







                                   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 May 13, 2004.

                                  HUB GROUP, INC.


                                  By:  /s/ David P. Yeager
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                                     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 May 13, 2004.




                        Signature                                     Title
                                                        
/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
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                     David P. Yeager
/s/ Thomas L. Hardin                                        President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
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                     Thomas L. Hardin
/s/ Thomas M. White                                         Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial
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                     Thomas M. White                        Officer (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







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



    Exhibit                         Description of Exhibit
    Number                          ----------------------
              
 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 (As Amended and Restated Effective as of December
                 3, 2003)
 5.1             Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
23.1             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2             Consent of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1             Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this registration statement)