July 25, 2020(2020-07-25) (aged 88) Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1951–1953
Connors JC
1953–1955
New Mexico A&M
Position(s)
Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1956–1958
Las Cruces HS (JV)
1958–1962
Las Cruces HS
1962–1966
Hardin–Simmons
1966–1975
New Mexico State
1975–1996
Illinois
1997–2005
New Mexico State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1967–1975
New Mexico State
Head coaching record
Overall
779–422
Tournaments
19–20 (NCAA) 5–4 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× NCAA Regional – Final Four (1970, 1989) Big Ten regular season (1984) Big West regular season (1999) Big West tournament (1999)
Awards
MVC Coach of the Year (1975) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1993)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2015
Louis Ray Henson (January 10, 1932 – July 25, 2020) was an American college basketball coach. He retired as the all-time leader in victories at the University of Illinois with 423 victories and New Mexico State with 289 victories.[1] Overall, Henson won 779 games putting him in sixteenth place on the all-time list. Henson was also one of only four NCAA coaches to have amassed at least 200 total wins at two institutions.[2] On February 17, 2015, Henson was selected as a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.[1][2] In August 2015, prior to the reopening of the newly renovated State Farm Center at the University of Illinois, the hardwood floor was dedicated and renamed Lou Henson Court in his honor. The court at the Pan American Center at New Mexico State University is also named in his honor.
^ ab"Henson headed to College Basketball Hall of Fame". New Mexico State DIA. 2015-02-17. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
^ ab"Coach Lou Henson Selected to National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame". University of Illinois DIA. 2015-02-17. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
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