Eric Henderson

Eric Nicholas Henderson (born May 30, 1978)

Playing career Henderson played college basketball at Wayne State College in Nebraska under Greg McDermott where he registered 876 rebounds and 160 career steals. He was inducted into the Wayne State College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

Coaching career After graduation, Henderson joined the coaching staff of his alma mater from 2001 to 2003. He would then enter the high school ranks as the girls basketball coach at Wayne High School until 2005. In 2014, Henderson joined the staff at North Dakota State, and was part of the Bison's 2015 NCAA tournament squad. Two years later, Henderson would join conference rival South Dakota State's coaching staff, rising to associate head coach. After leading the Jackrabbits to a 13-3 conference record in his first season, Henderson was named Summit League coach of the year.

South Dakota State accumulated a 129-60 record with Henderson as head coach. His six-year tenure guiding the program saw the Jacks claim four Summit League regular season titles, along with two conference tournament championships which led to two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2022 and 2024.

On March 28, 2025, Henderson became the coach of the Drake Bulldogs. In the team's first season under Henderson, Drake finished 9th in the 11-team Missouri Valley Conference, despite featuring the conference's leading scorer Jalen Quinn. But with Quinn leading the way, Drake managed to upset the No. 8-ranked Southern Illinois and then the No. 1 Belmont Bruins in the 2026 Arch Madness conference tournament before falling to the University of Illinois Chicago in the semifinal game.

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