| Baylor Bears | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| League | Big 12 Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1968-02-02)February 2, 1968 (age 58) 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 |
| Drafted by | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Playing career | 1990–1999 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 12 |
| Coaching career | 1999–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 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 |
Coaching | |
| 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 | |
As player:
As coach:
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 739 (3.1 ppg) |
| Assists | 465 (2.0 apg) |
| Rebounds | 176 (0.7 rpg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Steven Michael Henson (born February 2, 1968) is an American basketball coach and former professionalbasketball player who is an assistant forBaylor University. He previously served as the head coach at theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He was selected by theMilwaukee Bucks in the second round (44th pick overall) of the1990 NBA draft. He was an assistant basketball coach at theUniversity of Oklahoma under his former college coachLon Kruger.
Henson played collegiately atKansas 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-timeNCAA careerfree throw percentage list, with a .900 mark. He was also a track and fielddecathlete at Kansas State.
In six seasons in theNBA, Henson played for the Bucks,Atlanta Hawks,Charlotte Hornets,Portland Trail Blazers, andDetroit Pistons. During his NBA career, Henson appeared in 238 games and averaged 3.1 points per game.
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
Since retiring from playing basketball, Henson has turned to coaching. He has been an assistant atIllinois, with the Atlanta Hawks, atSouth Florida, atUNLV and at Oklahoma.[1]After a successful 2015–16 season with theOklahoma Sooners to the 2016 Final Four in Houston, Henson was announced to succeedBrooks Thompson as the new head coach forUTSA.
On April 1, 2016, Henson was hired as the head coach at theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and assumed his new position after the Sooners' exit from theNCAA 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 inConference USA (C-USA) games to 8–10. In his second season, Henson posted a winning record for the first time since2011–12, 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 the2018 C-USA tournament, but secured an invite into the2018 CIT tournament. After three straight seasons with 20 or more losses, Henson was fired from UTSA on March 14, 2024.[2]
| 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 | |||||||||