Steve Henson

This article is about the basketball player. For the politician, see Steve Henson (politician).

Steve Henson

UTSA Roadrunners
Position	Head coach
League	Conference USA
Personal information
Born	(1968-02-02) February 2, 1968 Junction City, Kansas
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
First-team All-Big Eight (1989)
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.

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. 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
UTSA (C-USA) (2016–Present)
2016-2017	UTSA	0-0	0-0
Total:		0–0 (–)
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

External links

• Steve Henson's stats @ Basketball-reference.com
• UNLV's Henson biography