Quincy Henderson - Men's Basketball Head Coach - Staff Directory

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Quincy Henderson

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Men's Basketball Head Coach
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320-308-4253

Quincy Henderson enters his fourth season as the head coach of St. Cloud State Men’s Basketball in 2025-26. A two-time NCAA Champion as a player, Henderson has coached his teams to one NCAA Final, three Final Four appearances, four Elite Eight appearances, seven Sweet 16 appearances, eight NCAA Tournament appearances and 10 conference championships over his 11-year collegiate coaching career. Henderson owns a 42-47 (.471) record as a head coach with a 30-36 (.454) record in conference play.

Henderson has recruited and coached eight All-Americans, two Region Players of the Year, 11 All-Region honorees, three Conference Players of the Year, three Conference Freshmen of the Year, 34 All-Conference selections and eight Conference All-Defensive Team members over his collegiate coaching career.

The 2024-25 season saw Henderson and the Huskies take a leap with a 20-12 record and a 15-7 mark in conference play to finish tied for third in the NSIC. The Huskies solidified their placement in the conference by going 5-1 over the final six games with a pair of key ranked wins against No. 22 Minot State and No. 23 Winona State at home. Both the total wins and conference wins were the most since the 2018-19 season. Making a brand of physicality on both ends of the floor, St. Cloud State led the conference in free throw attempts with 17.1 and were second in turnovers forced per game with 13.3. Henderson guided the Huskies to their third consecutive postseason appearance and hosted their first postseason game at Halenbeck Hall since 2018-19. A 68-60 win against Bemidji State in the First Round of the NSIC Tournament would be the first postseason win for Henderson at St. Cloud State as the Huskies advanced to the Pentagon. Henderson would coach two All-Conference Honorees in Luke Winkel (First Team) and Nate Dahl (Second Team).

Tasked with rebuilding an overhauled program with just four returning rotation players, Henderson led St. Cloud State to an NSIC Tournament appearance with a 10-18 record and a 7-15 mark in conference play. The Huskies finished sixth in the North and earned a conference tournament berth with a late-season surge, winning three of their last four to clinch their postseason spot.

In a 2022-23 season focused on establishing brand new systems and developing a young roster, St. Cloud State took big steps forward on both ends of the floor. The Huskies held opponents to shoot 46.9%, their best field goal percentage defense in five years, and posted their best defensive rating in three years. SCSU’s opportunistic defense led the NSIC in turnovers forced per game at 13.0 while forcing turnovers on 16.0% of opponent possessions – the program’s best mark in six years.

St. Cloud State’s offense found a new identity under Henderson, transforming into a free-flowing, high-possession unit predicated on ball movement. The Huskies’ motion offense averaged the second-most assists per game in the NSIC at 14.9 and recorded their best assist total in four years. SCSU knocked down 9.2 three-pointers a game, second-best in the Northern Sun, and shot 76.6% from the free-throw line to land fifth. Henderson’s offense produced the program’s second-highest pace in the last six seasons, shining in transition.

Henderson was hired as the 14^th head coach in program history on May 13, 2022.

Before his appointment at St. Cloud State, Henderson established himself as a rising star in the coaching world over an eight-year run as a lead assistant at NCAA DII power West Texas A&M. Henderson served under legendary coaches Tom Brown and Chris Gove in Canyon, joining his former Winona State coaches as the staff quickly rebuilt a last-place program into a consistent NCAA Tournament team. Spending his first three seasons with the Buffs as an assistant before being elevated to Associate Head Coach in 2017-18, Henderson was primarily responsible for leading the defense – elevating WTAMU’s unit to one of the most fearsome in the country.

Under Henderson’s direction across his eight seasons, West Texas A&M’s defense recorded a stellar 99.4 defensive rating while holding opponents to shoot just 43.9% from the floor and 32.8% from deep with a suffocating 49.5% effective field goal percentage. The Buffs defense played a key role in the team’s up-tempo style of play, forcing opponents into 16.1 turnovers per game and a flummoxing 19.1% turnover percentage. Henderson’s defense posted defensive rating marks below 100 in three of his final four seasons including a remarkable 91.7 rating in the Buffs’ 32-1 2019-20 campaign. Defending the three-point shot well was another trademark of the unit as WTAMU held opponents under 7.0 made threes a game in seven of Henderson’s eight seasons.

Over his eight years with West Texas A&M, the Buffs went 210-50 (.808) with a 102-30 (.773) record in the challenging Lone Star Conference and earned six consecutive NCAA Tournament berths while appearing in one NCAA Final, two Final Fours and three Sweet Sixteens. The Buffs went 15-3 at the Lone Star Conference Tournament and enjoyed a 14-5 mark at the NCAA Tournament. Henderson recruited and coached seven All-Americans, two Region Players of the Year, 11 All-Region honorees, three Conference Players of the Year, three Conference Freshmen of the Year, 26 All-Conference selections and eight Conference All-Defensive Team members.

Henderson began his collegiate coaching career at NCAA DIII Illinois Wesleyan in 2012-13, spending two seasons as the lead assistant under Ron Rose as the Titans went 50-11 (.820) and 25-3 (.893) in CCIW play. Illinois Wesleyan made a Sweet 16 appearance and one Final Four appearance in his two years on staff, going 27-5 in 2013-14 to record the program’s best single season win total since 1997.

During his two seasons in Bloomington, the Titans owned a 115.8 offensive rating and a 97.8 defensive rating for an incredible 18.0 net rating. The IWU defense held opponents to just 65.5 points per game on 40.2% shooting and 31.3% from three with a 15.2% turnover percentage. Six student-athletes earned All-Conference honors while one was named an All-American.

A two-time Defensive Player of the Year in the Southeast Australian Basketball League, Henderson played three seasons of professional basketball with the Kilsyth Cobras following his terrific collegiate career. Known as a hard-nosed gritty defender with the ability to guard multiple positions, Henderson led Kilsyth to playoff berths in each of his three seasons while winning a division title in 2010.

The 2023 Winona State Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee played his final three seasons of collegiate basketball with the Warriors, playing a critical role in one of the most impressive dynasties in DII hoops. Henderson was a three-year starter in Winona, leading the program to NCAA Championships in 2006 and 2008 in addition to a National Finals appearance in 2007. Averaging nine points and five rebounds over his career while providing his trademark rugged defense, Henderson guided Winona State to establish DII records for most consecutive wins (57) and wins in a season (38) in addition to winning three NSIC Regular Season and Tournament Championships. The Warriors went 105-6 during his three seasons as a starter.

Henderson spent his first three seasons of college basketball at NCAA DI Creighton. The Bluejays won the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in his first season with the program and advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed. Earning a role as a lockdown defender off the bench as a redshirt freshman, Henderson helped Creighton secure a host bid in the 2004 NIT Tournament.

A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Henderson was a 2002 graduate of La Follette High School where he was a two-sport standout in both basketball and volleyball. He closed his prep basketball career by leading the Lancers to the 2002 WIAA D1 State Championship with a win over Fond du Lac at the Kohl Center. The Associated Press First Team All-State honoree was named Big Eight Conference Player of the Year and Madison Capital Times Player of the Year after his breakout senior season that saw him average 15 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals a game. He graduated as La Follette’s all-time leader in blocked shots with 155 over his prep career and earned two First Team All-Big Eight Conference honors. Henderson also led the Lancers to the WIAA State Volleyball Tournament during his high school career.

Henderson earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Winona State in 2007 and earned his master’s degree in Sport Management from Illinois State in 2014.

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