Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson (born May 30, 1978)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Current conference: Summit League
South Dakota State record: 109-48 (.694)
Overall record: 109-48 (.694)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2022, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 4 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- Summit League Tournament Champion: 2 (2022, 2024)
Awards:
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 2 (2020, 2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | South Dakota State |
| 2016-2019 | South Dakota State (asst) |
| 2014-2016 | North Dakota State (asst) |
| 2008-2009 | Iowa State (admin) |
| 2006-2008 | Iowa State (grad. asst) |
| 2001-2003 | Wayne State (asst) |
Eric Henderson Facts
- Eric Nicholas Henderson
- Born May 30, 1978
- Hometown: Coggon, Iowa
- Alma Mater: Wayne State University (BA, 2000) / Iowa State University (MS, 2008)
- Played basketball at Wayne State (NE), where the program was led by future D-I head coach Greg McDermott
- Began his coaching career at his alma mater, serving as an assistant under Rico Burkett for two years
- Then coached the girls’ basketball team at Wayne Community HS (NE) for two seasons
- Spent three years on McDermott‘s staff at Iowa State, first as a graduate assistant and then as a learning specialist
- Returned to the HS ranks in 2009, spending five years coaching at Burlington Catholic HS in Wisconsin
- During that tenure, he also had stints as the school’s principal and athletic director
- Moved back to D-I basketball, working on David Richman‘s staff at North Dakota State for two seasons
- Arrived at South Dakota State in 2016, spending three seasons as an assistant under T.J. Otzelberger
- Was on the staff for the Jackrabbits’ back-to-back Summit League titles in 2018 and 2019
- Promoted to head coach in March 2019, following Otzelberger’s departure to UNLV
- Led the Jackrabbits to a Summit League title in his first year and was named conference COY
- Followed that with another Summit crown in years two, three and five, making it nine in twelve years for the program; reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 2022 after winning the Summit League Tournament
- The 2021-22 Jackrabbits were perfect in Summit play and won 30 games for the first time in program history
- Won the Summit League Tournament again in 2024 to get back to the NCAA Tournament
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