Ken Henderson (baseball coach)

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Ken Henderson
Biographical details
Born (1960-09-27) September 27, 1960 (age 61)
Playing career
1980–1983 Missouri Southern State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983Missouri Southern State (Asst.)
1984–1986 Kansas State (Asst.)
1987–1989 Oral Roberts (Asst.)
1991–2010 Southern Illinois (Asst.)
2011–2019Southern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall241–294–1

Ken Henderson (born September 27, 1960) is an American college baseball coach with the Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team. He was named interim head coach before the 2011 season, after Dan Callahan died. Henderson had also served as interim head coach for the final 20 games of the 1994 season. He was named permanent head coach after the 2011 season. [1] [2]

Henderson played at Missouri Southern State, graduating in 1983. He began his coaching career with the Lions as a student assistant coach for the 1983 season. He then served for three years at Kansas State and three more years as recruiting coordinator at Oral Roberts. He was credited by Collegiate Baseball with assembling a highly ranked class in 1987. In 1991, he arrived at Southern Illinois, and added associate head coach duties in 1993. He coached 35 players at SIU who went on to be drafted, including Jerry Hairston, Jr. and Jason Frasor. After the 2012 season, he was extended by SIU until 2014. [1] [3] [4] On June 3, 2019, Henderson stepped down from his position with Southern Illinois. [5]

Head coaching record

This table depicts Henderson's record as a head coach.

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Southern Illinois Salukis (Missouri Valley Conference)(2011–2019)
1994 Southern Illinois 12–8 [lower-alpha 1] 11–6MVC Tournament
2011 Southern Illinois 23–3411–105thMVC Tournament
2012 Southern Illinois 31–289–126th MVC Tournament
2013 Southern Illinois 25–336–157th MVC Tournament
2014 Southern Illinois 26–314–178th MVC Tournament
2015 Southern Illinois 12–466–158th MVC Tournament
2016 Southern Illinois 31–25–111–104th MVC Tournament
2017 Southern Illinois 27–3010–104th MVC Tournament
2018 Southern Illinois 28–3011–105th MVC Tournament
2019 Southern Illinois 26–295–168th MVC Tournament
Southern Illinois:241–294–184–121
Total:241–294–1

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ Finished season as interim head coach.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ken Henderson Bio". Southern Illinois Salukis. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Brian Foley (July 8, 2011). "Southern Illinois names Ken Henderson Head Coach". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Brian Foley (November 26, 2012). "SIU extends Ken Henderson through 2014 Season". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ Jason Clay (July 14, 2011). "Ken Henderson named Head Baseball Coach at SIU". Murphysboro American. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ Todd Hefferman (June 3, 2019). "Ken Henderson steps down as SIU baseball coach". www.thesouthern.com. BLOX Media. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
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