Ken Henderson (baseball coach)

Ken Henderson
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Southern Illinois
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Biographical details
Born September 27, 1960
Playing career
1980–1983 Missouri Southern State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983
1984–1986
1987–1989
1991–2010
2011–Present
Missouri Southern State (Asst.)
Kansas State (Asst.)
Oral Roberts (Asst.)
Southern Illinois (Asst.)
Southern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall 107–134

Ken Henderson (born September 27, 1960) is an American college baseball coach with the Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team. He was named interim head coach before the 2011 season, after Dan Callahan died. Henderson had also served as interim head coach for the final 20 games of the 1994 season. He was named permanent head coach after the 2011 season.[1][2]

Henderson played at Missouri Southern State, graduating in 1983. He began his coaching career with the Lions as a student assistant coach for the 1983 season. He then served for three years at Kansas State and three more years as recruiting coordinator at Oral Roberts. He was credited by Collegiate Baseball with assembling a highly ranked class in 1987. In 1991, he arrived at Southern Illinois, and added associate head coach duties in 1993. He coached 35 players at SIU who went on to be drafted, including Jerry Hairston, Jr. and Jason Frasor. After the 2012 season, he was extended by SIU until 2014.[1][3][4]

Head coaching record

This table depicts Henderson's record as a head coach.

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southern Illinois (MVC) (2011–present)
1994 Southern Illinois 12–8[lower-alpha 1] 11–6 MVC Tournament
2011 Southern Illinois 23–34 11–10 5th (8) MVC Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
2012 Southern Illinois 31–28 9–12 6th (8) MVC Tournament[lower-alpha 3]
2013 Southern Illinois 25–33 6–15 7th (8) MVC Tournament[lower-alpha 4]
2014 Southern Illinois 26–31 4–17 8th (8) MVC Tournament[lower-alpha 5]
Southern Illinois: 107–134 41–60
Total: 107-134

      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

  1. Finished season as interim head coach.
  2. All eight of the MVC's teams qualified for the tournament in 2011.
  3. All eight of the MVC's teams qualified for the tournament in 2012.
  4. All eight of the MVC's teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.
  5. All eight of the MVC's teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ken Henderson Bio". Southern Illinois Salukis. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  2. Brian Foley (July 8, 2011). "Southern Illinois names Ken Henderson Head Coach". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. Brian Foley (November 26, 2012). "SIU extends Ken Henderson through 2014 Season". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  4. Jason Clay (July 14, 2011). "Ken Henderson named Head Baseball Coach at SIU". Murphysboro American. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

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