Steve Henson

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Steve Henson
Baylor Bears
PositionAssistant coach
League Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1968-02-02) February 2, 1968 (age 56)
Junction City, Kansas, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight177 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school McPherson (McPherson, Kansas)
College Kansas State (1986–1990)
NBA draft 1990: 2nd round, 44th overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career1990–1999
Position Point guard
Number12
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As player:
19901992 Milwaukee Bucks
1992 La Crosse Catbirds
1992–1993 Atlanta Hawks
1993 Charlotte Hornets
1993–1994 Rapid City Thrillers
1994 Fargo-Moorhead Fever / Mexico Aztecas
1994–1995 Portland Trail Blazers
1995–1997 Virtus Roma
1997–1998 Grand Rapids Hoops
1998 Detroit Pistons
1998–1999 Panionios
1999 Detroit Pistons
1999 Scavolini Pesaro
As coach:
1999–2000 Illinois (assistant)
2001–2002 Atlanta Hawks (advance scout)
2002–2003 Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
2003–2004 South Florida (assistant)
2004–2011 UNLV (assistant)
2011–2016 Oklahoma (assistant)
2016–2024 UTSA
2024–present Baylor (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • C-USA Coach of the Year (2018)
Career NBA statistics
Points 739 (3.1 ppg)
Assists 465 (2.0 apg)
Rebounds 176 (0.7 rpg)
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Steven Michael Henson (born February 2, 1968) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who is an assistant for the Baylor Bears. He previously served as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round (44th pick overall) of the 1990 NBA draft. He was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma under his former college coach Lon Kruger.

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College career

Henson played collegiately at Kansas State University, where he was named to the All-Big Eight Conference first team in 1989. He is Kansas State's all-time leader in assists, and remains in the top ten on the all-time NCAA career free throw percentage list, with a .900 mark. He was also a track and field decathlete at Kansas State.

Professional career

In six seasons in the NBA, Henson played for the Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Detroit Pistons. During his NBA career, Henson appeared in 238 games and averaged 3.1 points per game.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1990–91 Milwaukee 68010.1.418.333.9050.81.90.50.03.1
1991–92 Milwaukee 5017.7.361.479.7930.81.60.30.03.0
1992–93 Atlanta 53213.6.390.463.8501.02.90.60.04.0
1993–94 Charlotte 305.7.5001.000.0000.31.70.00.01.0
1994–95 Portland 37010.3.430.442.8800.72.30.20.03.2
1997–98 Detroit 2302.8.500.3751.0000.10.20.00.01.6
1998–99 Detroit 406.3.500.0001.0000.00.80.30.01.0
Career23839.6.403.432.8690.72.00.40.03.1

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1990–91 Milwaukee 3013.3.500.667.7501.01.00.30.05.7
1992–93 Atlanta 3015.7.333.400.0001.31.71.30.02.7
Career6014.5.429.500.7501.21.30.80.04.2

Coaching career

Since retiring from playing basketball, Henson has turned to coaching. He has been an assistant at Illinois, with the Atlanta Hawks, at South Florida, at UNLV and at Oklahoma. [1] After a successful 2015–16 season with the Oklahoma Sooners to the 2016 Final Four in Houston, Henson was announced to succeed Brooks Thompson as the new head coach for UTSA.

UTSA (2016–2024)

On April 1, 2016, Henson was hired as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and assumed his new position after the Sooners' exit from the NCAA tournament the following day. In his first year of coaching, Henson engaged in a major rebuilding effort after succeeding Thompson as head coach. In his first year, UTSA posted a nine-win improvement in the overall record, going to 14–19 and a five-win improvement in Conference USA (C-USA) games to 8–10. In his second season, Henson posted a winning record for the first time since 2011–12, going 20–15 for the season and 11–7 in conference play, and being named the conference coach of the year. The UTSA Roadrunners lost in the quarterfinals of the 2018 C-USA tournament, but secured an invite into the 2018 CIT tournament. After three straight seasons with 20 or more losses, Henson was fired from UTSA on March 14, 2024. [2]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UTSA Roadrunners (Conference USA)(2016–2023)
2016–17 UTSA 14–198–109th
2017–18 UTSA 20–1511–75th CIT quarterfinals
2018–19 UTSA 17–1511–7T–2nd
2019–20 UTSA 13–197–1110th
2020–21 UTSA 15–119–74th (West)
2021–22 UTSA 10–223–156th (West)
2022–23 UTSA 10–214–1611th
UTSA Roadrunners (American Athletic Conference)(2023–2024)
2023–24 UTSA 11–215–13T–10th
UTSA:110–144 (.433)54–72 (.429)
Total:110–144 (.433)

      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

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References

  1. "school-bio_steve_henson". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  2. Kotisso, Nate (March 14, 2024). "UTSA fires men's basketball head coach Steve Henson". ksat.com. Retrieved June 9, 2024.