Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Princeton |
Conference | Ivy |
Record | 236–123 (.657) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Vincennes, Indiana, U.S. | August 14, 1975
Playing career | |
1994–1998 | Princeton |
1998–1999 | Sligo |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2011 | Northwestern (assistant) |
2011–present | Princeton |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 236–123 (.657) |
Tournaments | 2–2 (NCAA Division I) 0–3 (NIT) 2–2 (CBI) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Mitchell Gordon Henderson (born August 14, 1975) is an American college basketball coach, currently serving as head coach for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team. Before taking the Princeton job in 2011, he served as an assistant for the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team for 11 seasons under Bill Carmody. [1] Henderson was a member of three consecutive Ivy League championship Princeton teams as a player (two of which went undefeated in conference, the first tying the school record with 19 consecutive wins and the second achieving 20). He was a co-captain of the second of these undefeated league champions along with Steve Goodrich.
Born in Vincennes, Indiana, Henderson later lived in Lexington, Kentucky as a teenager and attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana for high school. [2] [3] Henderson was a twelve-time varsity letter winner at Culver in football, basketball and baseball. In 1994, he was drafted by the New York Yankees with the 24th pick of the 29th round, 815th overall in the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. [4] [5] In baseball, he was a pitcher, [6] and in football, a quarterback. [7] He was named the 1994 South Bend Tribune high school Male Athlete of the Year. [8] He did not sign with the Yankees and retained his amateur status although he chose to pursue basketball rather than baseball in college.
As a basketball player, he was a four-year starter at Princeton University, where he was captain of the Ivy League champion 1997–98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team [9] as well as a member of the 1995–96 and 1996–97 conference champions, coached by Pete Carril and Carmody, respectively. His two final teams were undefeated in conference play. [4] The 1995–96 team was notable for its upset of the defending national champion UCLA Bruins in the 1996 NCAA tournament. [4]
The 1996–97 team finished the regular season on a school record 19-game winning streak. [10] [11] In the 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, against the fifth-seeded California Golden Bears, the team lost 55–52. [11] [12] [13] Henderson had tied the score at 50 with 1:37 to play. [14] Henderson was a 1997 honorable mention All-Ivy League selection. [15]
The 1997–98 team posted a 27–2 overall record, reached the top 10 in the national polls, and achieved a 14–0 conference record. [4] [11] The Tigers entered the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on a 19-game winning streak and finished the season ranked eighth in the final USAToday/NABC Coaches Poll. [16] [17] He was a 1998 2nd team All-Ivy League selection. [18] In the 1998 tournament opening game for the fifth-seeded Tigers, he scored 19 points to help them defeat the UNLV Runnin' Rebels 69–57, which marked the team's 20th consecutive win—a school record. [11] [19] [20]
He was briefly a member of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association during the 1998–99 NBA season, but he did not appear in any regular season games. [21] [22] He also played professional basketball in Sligo, Ireland, from August 1998 to January 1999. [4]
Henderson served as an assistant to his former coach Carmody during Carmody's first eleven seasons as the coach at Northwestern University. Carmody used Henderson, who commonly scrimmaged with the players, as part of a joke for a Sports Illustrated : "I don't mind that Mitch is cagier and smarter than all those guys on the court. The thing that bothers me is that he's faster than all of them." [23] During Henderson's final three seasons at Northwestern, the team qualified for the National Invitation Tournament. [24] [25] [26]
Henderson was selected to replace outgoing Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. He inherited a 2010–11 team that narrowly lost to Kentucky in its opening game of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [27] The team returned its 2nd leading scorer and rebounder, [28] Ian Hummer, who as a sophomore was a 2nd team All-Ivy selection. [29]
With a new head coach who was also a first-time head coach, the 2011–12 Tigers got off to a slow start with a 1–5 record, but won 18 of its final 24 games and started its conference schedule with a 2–3 record, but won 8 of its final 9 games. [30] Eventually, Princeton earned its first home win against a ranked opponent since the 1976–77 team's January 3, 1977 victory over Notre Dame by defeating Harvard (No. 21 Coaches/25 AP) on February 11, 2012. [31] The win was also its first against a ranked opponent on any court since November 11, 1997, [30] when the 1997–98 team opened its season with a victory over a ranked Texas team at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [32] [33] Princeton also defeated eventual 2012 ACC men's basketball tournament champion Florida State five weeks after Harvard did. [30] [34] [35] The team qualified for the 2012 CBI tournament and posted a first-round 95–86 victory over Evansville. [36] [37] In the subsequent game against Pittsburgh, Princeton lost 82–61 to end its season. [38] [39]
The 2012–13 Tigers finished with a 17–11 (10–4) record on the season. [40] [41] [42] [43]
The 2013–14 team lost in the second round of the 2nd Round CBI to finish with a 21–9 (8–6) record. [44] In his sixth season, he earned unanimous recognition as Ivy League Coach of the Year for the 2016–17 Tigers. [45]
On December 29, 2018, the 2018–19 Princeton Tigers team defeated the number 17-ranked Arizona State 67–66. [46] It was Princeton's first win over a ranked opponent since defeating the 25th-ranked 2011–12 Harvard Crimson on February 11, 2012, and the school's first win over a top-20 opponent since Henderson was a player on the 1995–96 Princeton team that upset the UCLA Bruins in the 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [46] [47] In the 2021–22 campaign, Princeton resumed its success in the Ivy League, winning the regular-season title. It was Henderson's second league title in his tenure at Princeton. The 23-win campaign tied for the winningest season during his time at Princeton. The season saw junior forward Tosan Evbuomwan win Ivy League Player of the Year honors. Evbuomwan was surrounded by a supporting cast of All-Ivy League honorees, including first-teamer Jaelin Llewellyn, and second-team Ethan Wright. [48]
To start the 2022–23 season, the Tigers traveled across the pond to London, England, where they competed in the London Basketball Classic. The pool of teams there included Army, Northeastern, Manhattan, and Princeton. Princeton defeated Army in the semifinals and Northeastern in the finals to win the championship. Senior and returning Ivy League Player of the Year, Tosan Evbuomwan, garnered MVP honors in his home country. [49]
On January 7, 2023, Henderson won his 100th Ivy League game as head coach at Princeton, beating the Cornell Big Red, 75–68, in Ithaca, NY. Henderson is only the eighth all-time Ivy League coach to win 100 league games. He is the second head coach in the history of Princeton men's basketball to win 100 league games; Carril was other to reach that threshold. [50]
In March 2023, Henderson guided the 2022–23 Princeton Tigers into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA D1 men's basketball tournament with wins over #2 seed, Arizona, and #7 Missouri. [51]
Henderson earned his A.B. from Princeton in 1998 in economics. He and his wife Ashley reside in Princeton with their three children. [4] [52] [53]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Princeton Tigers (Ivy League)(2011–present) | |||||||||
2011–12 | Princeton | 20–12 | 10–4 | 3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
2012–13 | Princeton | 17–11 | 10–4 | 2nd | |||||
2013–14 | Princeton | 21–9 | 8–6 | 3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
2014–15 | Princeton | 16–14 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
2015–16 | Princeton | 22–7 | 12–2 | 2nd | NIT first round | ||||
2016–17 | Princeton | 23–7 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2017–18 | Princeton | 13–16 | 5–9 | T–5th | |||||
2018–19 | Princeton | 16–12 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
2019–20 | Princeton | 14–13 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
2021–22 | Princeton | 23–7 | 11–2 | 1st | NIT first round | ||||
2022–23 | Princeton | 23–9 | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
2023–24 | Princeton | 24–5 | 12–2 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
2024–25 | Princeton | 4–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
Princeton: | 236–123 (.657) | 117–49 (.705) | |||||||
Total: | 236–123 (.657) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
William D. Carmody is a retired American men's college basketball coach, formerly the head coach at the College of the Holy Cross. He was the head coach of the Wildcats men's basketball team at Northwestern University from 2000 through 2013. From 1996 through 2000, Carmody was the head coach at Princeton University.
Sydney Johnson is an American former college basketball coach and current assistant coach for the Chicago Sky. He had coached 3x3 basketball for USA Basketball. He has previously served as a head coach for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball from 2011 to 2021 and Princeton University from 2007 to 2011 where he led the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team to the 2011 Ivy League Title and the 2011 NCAA tournament. He has also been an assistant for Georgetown and Air Force. A 1997 Princeton alumnus, Johnson played for the Tigers from 1993 to 1997.
The Princeton Tigers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Princeton University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Tigers play home basketball games at the Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey, on the university campus. Princeton has appeared in 25 NCAA tournaments, most recently in 2023. In 1965, the Tigers made the NCAA Final Four, with Bill Bradley being named the Most Outstanding Player. The team is currently coached by former player Mitch Henderson.
The 1997–98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team co-captains were Steve Goodrich and Mitch Henderson. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey, and was the repeat undefeated champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were seeded fifth in the East Region and advanced to the second round. Over the course of the season, the team achieved the highest winning percentage in the nation. It also established the current school record of 20 consecutive wins surpassing the 19-game streak achieved twice, including the prior season.
The 1995–96 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Sydney Johnson. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were seeded thirteenth in the Southeast Region. This was the final year that Carril coached the men's basketball team. He would be succeeded by assistant coach Bill Carmody. Carrill retired as the Ivy League's winningest coach in terms of overall victories, conference victories and conference championships. By the end of the decade, Princeton achieved a 76.1% (210–66) winning percentage, which was the eighth best in the nation.
The 1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team captain was Sydney Johnson. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the undefeated champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were seeded twelfth in the East Region. This was Carmody's first season taking over the coaching duties from Pete Carril who had been Princeton coach since 1967 and retired as the Ivy League's winningest coach in terms of victories and conference championships.
The 1998–99 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented the Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team co-captains were Brian Earl and Gabe Lewullis. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey, and was the runner-up of the Ivy League. The team earned an invitation to the 32-team 1999 National Invitation Tournament.
The 2009–10 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Sydney Johnson and the team captains were Nick Lake and Marcus Schroeder. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey, and was the runner-up of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 16-team 2010 College Basketball Invitational single-elimination tournament where they were advanced to the third round to play in the semifinals.
The 2010–11 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Sydney Johnson, who was in his fourth season. The team's tri-captains were senior Kareem Maddox, senior Dan Mavraides, and junior Patrick Saunders. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team competes in the Ivy League athletic conference. The team was coming off of a 22–9 2009–10 season in which it achieved the most wins by a Tigers men's basketball team since the 1998–99 team and its first back-to-back finishes of at least second place in the Ivy since 2001–02 season. The team was also following on the heels of its first postseason appearance since the 2003–04 team went to the 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, and its first postseason victory since the 1998–99 team won two games in the 1999 National Invitation Tournament.
Christopher J. "Kit" Mueller is a retired American basketball player. He played high school basketball in the Chicago metropolitan area for Downers Grove South High School. Subsequently, he starred for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, where he was a two-time Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year and three-time first team All-Ivy League player as a center. He was also a two-time Academic All-America selection. As an All-Ivy League performer, he led his team to three consecutive Ivy League Championships and NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments.
The Penn–Princeton men's basketball rivalry is an American college basketball rivalry between the Penn Quakers men's basketball team of the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton Tigers men's basketball team of Princeton University. Having been contested every year since 1903, it is the third oldest consecutively played rivalry in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I history. Unlike many notable college basketball rivalries, such as Carolina–Duke, which involves teams that often both get invited to the same NCAA tournaments, Notre Dame–UCLA, which involves geographically remote teams, Illinois–Missouri, which involves non-conference rivals, or Alabama–Auburn, which takes a back seat to the football rivalry, this is a rivalry of geographically close, conference rivals, who compete for a single NCAA invitation and consider the basketball rivalry more important than other sports rivalries between the schools. A head-to-head contest has been the final regularly scheduled game of the Princeton season every year since 1995. Between 1963 and 2007, Princeton or Penn won or shared the Ivy League conference championship every season except 1986 and 1988. The other seasons in which neither team won or shared the Ivy League title are 1957, 1958, 1962, 2008–10, and 2012-2016.
The 2011–12 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium and are members of the Ivy League. The team captains were seniors Douglas Davis and Patrick Saunders. They finished the season 20–12, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Evansville in the first round before falling in the quarterfinals to Pittsburgh. The season was highlighted by wins over a ranked Harvard team and the Florida State Seminoles. The team was led by unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection Ian Hummer and second team selection Douglas Davis.
The 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members that began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season, continuing from the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Harvard was the preseason favorite for the first time and spent most of the season receiving vote in the 2011–12 national rankings. The season marked the first time that four Ivy League teams participated in the postseason. The season marked the second time that the Ivy League had three 20-win teams.
The 2012–13 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by second year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. The Tigers entered the season as the favorites to win the Ivy League regular season title. For the first time in school history, the team was served by a quartet of captains. They finished the season 17–11, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in second place. They chose not to participate in a postseason tournament. Following the season Hummer earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.
Brian W. Earl is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for the William & Mary team. Prior to his start at William & Mary, Earl was the head coach for the Cornell Big Red men's basketball team. He previously served nine seasons as an assistant coach for Princeton Tigers men's basketball where he had formerly been team captain and earned three Ivy League championships. He is the brother of coach and former player Dan Earl.
The 2016–17 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by sixth-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 23–7, 14–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League regular season championship. They defeated Penn and Yale to win the inaugural Ivy League tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the West Region. There they lost in the First Round to Notre Dame.
The 2018–19 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eighth-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.
Torisesan "Tosan" Evbuomwan is a British professional basketball player for the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers.
The 2022–23 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 11th-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey as members of the Ivy League.
The 2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 12th-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey as members of the Ivy League.
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