Gary Henderson

Gary Henderson (born February 3, 1961) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher who is the current head baseball coach for the Utah Utes. He played college baseball at Linfield College in 1980 and at San Diego State for head coach Jim Dietz from 1982 to 1984. He was the head coach of the Chapman Panthers, the Kentucky Wildcats (2009–2016) and the Mississippi State Bulldogs (2018).

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.

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.

In June 2016, Henderson was named pitching coach at Mississippi State, re-joining John Cohen.

In February 2018, Henderson was named interim head coach at Mississippi State after Andy Cannizaro resigned due to off the field indiscretions. After a poor start, the team turned around and reached the college world series. As a result, Henderson was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Coach of the Year. Despite the success of the team, Mississippi State did not retain Henderson as head coach.

On June 20, 2019, Henderson was named the associate head coach at the University of Utah. When Bill Kinneberg resigned as head coach of the Utes, Henderson was elevated to head coach.

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