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: 2nd round, 44th overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1990–1999
Position	Point guard
Number	12
Coaching career	1999–present
Career history
As player:
1990–1992	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–present	UTSA
Career highlights and awards
As Player: First-team All-Big Eight (1989) 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)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

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 was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma under his former college coach Lon Kruger. On April 1, 2016, Henson was hired as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio and assumed his new position after the Sooners' exit from the NCAA tournament the following day.

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

GP	Games 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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1990–91	Milwaukee	68	0	10.1	.418	.333	.905	0.8	1.9	0.5	0.0	3.1
1991–92	Milwaukee	50	1	7.7	.361	.479	.793	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.0	3.0
1992–93	Atlanta	53	2	13.6	.390	.463	.850	1.0	2.9	0.6	0.0	4.0
1993–94	Charlotte	3	0	5.7	.500	1.000	.000	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0
1994–95	Portland	37	0	10.3	.430	.442	.880	0.7	2.3	0.2	0.0	3.2
1997–98	Detroit	23	0	2.8	.500	.375	1.000	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.6
1998–99	Detroit	4	0	6.3	.500	.000	1.000	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.0
Career		238	3	9.6	.403	.432	.869	0.7	2.0	0.4	0.0	3.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1990–91	Milwaukee	3	0	13.3	.500	.667	.750	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	5.7
1992–93	Atlanta	3	0	15.7	.333	.400	.000	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	2.7
Career		6	0	14.5	.429	.500	.750	1.2	1.3	0.8	0.0	4.2

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. 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–present)

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 conference 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. Henson has turned UTSA's home arena into a tough place to play amassing a 61-20 home record over his tenure.

Head Coaching Record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UTSA Roadrunners (C-USA) (2016–Present)
2016–17	UTSA	14–19	8–10	9th
2017–18	UTSA	20–15	11–7	5th	CIT Quarterfinals
2018–19	UTSA	17–15	11–7	T–2nd	Declined
2019–20	UTSA	13–19	7–11	10th
2020–21	UTSA	15–11	9–7	4th (West)	Declined
2021–22	UTSA	10-22	3-15	6th (West)
UTSA:		89–101 (.468)	49–57 (.462)
Total:		89–101 (.468)
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