Steve Henson
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UTSA Roadrunners | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Conference USA |
Personal information | |
Born | Junction City, Kansas |
February 2, 1968
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 177 lb (80 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | McPherson (McPherson, Kansas) |
College | Kansas State (1986–1990) |
NBA draft | 1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44th overall |
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
Playing career | 1990–1999 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 12 |
Coaching career | 1990–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1990–1992 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1992 | La Crosse Catbirds (CBA) |
1992–1993 | Atlanta Hawks |
1993 | Charlotte Hornets |
1993–1994 | Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) |
1994 | Fargo-Moorhead Fever (CBA) |
1994 | Mexico City Aztecas (CBA) |
1994–1995 | Portland Trail Blazers |
1995–1997 | Virtus Roma (Italy) |
1997–1998 | Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) |
1998 | Detroit Pistons |
1998–1999 | Panionios (Greece) |
1999 | Detroit Pistons |
1999 | Scavolini Pesaro (Italy) |
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–present | UTSA |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 737 (3.1 ppg) |
Assists | 465 (2.0 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Steven Michael Henson (born February 2, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player, who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (44th overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. He is an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma under his former college coach Lon Kruger. On April 1st, 2016 Henson was hired as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio and will assume his new position once the Sooners' season ends.
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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 and is Kansas State's all-time leader in assists. He also remains in the top ten on the all-time NCAA career free throw percentage list, with a .900 mark. He was also a Track & 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 ppg.
Coaching career
Since retiring from 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 2015-2016 season with the Oklahoma Sooners to the 2016 Final Four in Houston, Coach Steve Henson was announced to succeed Brooks Thompson as the new Head Coach for UTSA.
Head Coaching Record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UTSA (C-USA) (2016–Present) | |||||||||
2016-2017 | UTSA | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||
Total: | 0–0 (–) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
References
- ↑ Oklahoma Sooners coaching bio, accessed May 11, 2011
External links
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- Living people
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- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- Atlanta Hawks players
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- American men's basketball players
- Charlotte Hornets players
- Fargo-Moorhead Fever players
- Grand Rapids Hoops players
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball coaches
- Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball players
- La Crosse Catbirds players
- Milwaukee Bucks draft picks
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- Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coaches
- Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
- People from Junction City, Kansas
- Point guards
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Rapid City Thrillers players
- South Florida Bulls men's basketball coaches
- UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coaches
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- Victoria Libertas Pesaro players