Steve Henson
Steve Henson (born February 2, 1968)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Baylor Bears (Head coach: Scott Drew)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: UTSA Roadrunners
UTSA record: 110-144 (.433)
Overall record: 110-144 (.433)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2018)
Awards:
- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Baylor (asst) |
| 2016-2024 | UTSA |
| 2011-2016 | Oklahoma (asst) |
| 2004-2011 | UNLV (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | South Florida (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | Atlanta Hawks (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Illinois (asst) |
Steve Henson Facts
- Steven Michael Henson
- Born February 2, 1968
- Hometown: Junction City, Kansas
- Alma Mater: Kansas State University (BA, 1990)
- Named Mr. Basketball Kansas in 1986; went on to play four years at Kansas State under head coach Lon Kruger, named All-Big Eight as both a junior and senior
- Inducted into the Kansas State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013; was also a decathlete at KSU
- Drafted in the 2nd round (44th overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks
- Played professional basketball from 1990-1999 in various leagues across the globe
- Spent time in the NBA with the Bucks (1990-92), Atlanta Hawks (92-93), Charlotte Hornets (93), Portland Trail Blazers (94-95), and Detroit Pistons (98, 99)
- Joined Kruger‘s coaching staff at Illinois in 1999 as an assistant; would spend 15 of the next 16 seasons with Kruger: three years with the Atlanta Hawks (one as a scout), seven at UNLV and five at Oklahoma
- Also worked for one year as an assistant to Robert McCullum at South Florida while Kruger was in between head coaching stops
- Hired in April 2016 to be the new head coach at UTSA of Conference USA
- Earned conference COY honors in his second season after finishing 5th in the C-USA standings
- Through eight seasons with the Roadrunners, Henson went 110-144 overall
- The program moved to the AAC in 2023 and went 11-21 in their first season there; Henson was fired in March 2024
- A couple months later, Henson joined Scott Drew‘s staff at Baylor as an assistant coach
Steve Henson Coaching Tree
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