Steve Henson

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

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.

Steve Henson

Baylor Bears
Position	Assistant coach
League	Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(1968-02-02) February 2, 1968 Junction City, Kansas, U.S.
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)
2016–2024	UTSA
2024–present	Baylor (assistant)
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

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 (2016–2024)

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.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UTSA Roadrunners (Conference USA) (2016–2023)
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
2019–20	UTSA	13–19	7–11	10th
2020–21	UTSA	15–11	9–7	4th (West)
2021–22	UTSA	10–22	3–15	6th (West)
2022–23	UTSA	10–21	4–16	11th
UTSA Roadrunners (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024)
2023–24	UTSA	11–21	5–13	T–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

External links

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