Gary Henderson

Gary Henderson
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Kentucky
Conference SEC
Playing career
1980
1982–1984
Linfield
San Diego State
Position(s) Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988
1989
1990
1991–1992
1993
1994
1995–1998
1999–2002
2003–2008
2009–present
San Diego State (JV HC)
Cal State Fullerton (Asst.)
Riverside CC (Asst.)
Chapman (Asst.)
Chapman
Pepperdine (Asst.)
Florida (Asst.)
Oregon State (Asst.)
Kentucky (Asst.)
Kentucky
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

Collegiate Baseball National Assistant Coach of the Year: 1996
SEC Coach of the Year [1]

Gary Henderson is the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team.[2]

Playing career

Henderson pitched one year at Linfield College before transferring to San Diego State University, compiling a 19-5 career record at the two schools.[2]

Coaching career

Henderson started coaching at his alma mater, San Diego State, as the junior varsity head coach. He had assistant coaching stints at Cal State Fullerton, Riverside Community College, Chapman College (served as head coach for 1 season), and Pepperdine.

Henderson became an assistant at Florida in 1995. Following a trip to the 1996 College World Series, he was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.[2] With Henderson's assistance, Florida returned to the 1998 College World Series. After a successful stay at Florida, he moved back to the west coast as an assistant coach at Oregon State.

In 2003, he joined John Cohen's staff at Kentucky as the associate head coach. Following the 2008 season, Cohen accepted the head coaching position at his alma mater, Mississippi State, resulting in Henderson's promotion to head coach.[2]

In 2012, Henderson was named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year.[1]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2009–present)
2009 Kentucky 28–26 12–18 5th (East)
2010 Kentucky 31–25 13–17 4th (East)
2011 Kentucky 25–30 8–22 5th (East)
2012 Kentucky 45–18 18–12 T–2nd (East) NCAA Regional
2013 Kentucky 30–25 11–19 4th (East)
2014 Kentucky 37–25 14–16 4th (East) NCAA Regional
Kentucky: 196–149 (.568) 76–104 (.422)
Total: 194–146

      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

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cousino, Henderson Highlight 2012 SEC Awards". UK Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Gary Henderson bio". University of Kentucky. Retrieved February 2010.