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Eric Henderson
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	South Dakota State
Conference	Summit League
Record	115–50 (.697)
Biographical details
Born	May 30, 1978 (age 46)
Playing career
1996–2000	Wayne State (NE)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2003	Wayne State (NE) (assistant)
2003–2005	Wayne HS (girls)
2009–2014	Burlington Catholic Central HS
2014–2016	North Dakota State (assistant)
2016–2019	South Dakota State (assistant)
2019–present	South Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall	115–50 (.697)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	4 Summit League regular season (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024); 2 Summit League tournament (2022, 2024);
Awards
	2× Summit League Coach of the Year (2020, 2022);

Eric Nicholas Henderson (born May 30, 1978)^[1] is an American basketball coach. He currently coaches the South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[4] He then joined the Iowa State men's basketball program as a graduate manager and learning specialist under McDermott.^[2] Henderson would return to coaching high school in 2009 and spent five seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Burlington Catholic Central High School, while also serving as the school's athletic director and principal.^[5] 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.^[2]

On March 27, 2019, Henderson was named the 22nd head coach in Jackrabbits history, replacing T. J. Otzelberger who accepted the head coaching position at UNLV.^[3]^[6] After leading the Jackrabbits to a 13-3 conference record in his first season, Henderson was named Summit League coach of the year.^[7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
South Dakota State (Summit League) (2019–present)
2019–20	South Dakota State	22–10	13–3	T–1st	No postseason held
2020–21	South Dakota State	16–7	9–3	1st
2021–22	South Dakota State	30–5	18–0	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23	South Dakota State	19–13	13–5	2nd
2023–24	South Dakota State	22–13	12–4	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2024–25	South Dakota State	6–2	0–0
South Dakota State:		115–50 (.697)	65–15 (.813)
Total:		115–50 (.697)
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