Mitch Henderson

Mitch Henderson
Mitch Henderson
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Princeton
Playing career
1994–1998
1998–1999
1999		 Princeton
Sligo
Atlanta Hawks (DNP)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2011
2011–present		 Northwestern (asst.)
Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • As Player
Ivy League: 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98 Princeton Tigers
Awards

All-Ivy (1998 – 2nd team; 1997 – honorable mention)

Mitchell G. "Mitch" Henderson is an American college basketball coach and the incoming head coach for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team. He previously served as an assistant for the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team for eleven seasons under Bill Carmody.[1] He had been a member of three consecutive Ivy League champion Princeton teams as a player (two of which went undefeated in conference the first tying the school record with 19 consecutive wins and the second achieving 20). He was a co-captain of the second of these undefeated league champions along with Steve Goodrich.

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Early life

Henderson was a twelve time varsity letter winner at Culver Military Academy in football, basketball and baseball. He had been drafted drafted by the New York Yankees with the 24th pick of the 29th round, 815th overall in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft.[2][3] In baseball, he was a pitcher.[4] He was named the 1994 South Bend Tribune high school Male Athlete of the Year.[5]

As a basketball player, he was a four-year starter at Princeton University, where he was captain of the undefeated (in conference) Ivy League champion 1997–98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team as well as a member of the 1995–96 and 1996–97 (also undefeated) conference champions. The two undefeated Ivy League seasons were coached by Carmody.[2] The 1995–96 team was memorable for its upset of the 1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team in the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament who were defending national champions.[2]

The 1996–97 team finished the regular season on a school record 19-game winning streak,[6][7] and in the 1997 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, against the fifth-seeded California Golden Bears, the team lost 55–52.[7][8][9] Henderson, had tied the score at 50 with 1:37 to play.[10] Henderson was a 1997 honorable mention All-Ivy League selection.[11]

The 1997–98 team posted a 27–2 overall record, reached the top 10 in the national polls and achieved a 14–0 conference record.[2][7] It entered the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on a 19-game winning streak and finished the season ranked eighth in the final USAToday/NABC Coaches Poll.[12][13] He was a 1998 2nd team All-Ivy League selection.[14] In the 1998 tournament opening game for the fifth-seeded Tigers, he scored 19 points to help them defeat the UNLV Runnin' Rebels 69–57, which marked the team's 20th consecutive win—a school record.[7][15][16]

He was briefly a member of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association during the 1998–99 NBA season, but failed to appear in a regular season game.[17][18] He also played professional basketball in Sligo, Ireland, from August 1998 to January 1999.[2]

Coaching career

Henderson inherited a 2010–11 team that narrowly lost to Kentucky in its opening game of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[19] The team will return its 2nd leading scorer and rebounder,[20] Ian Hummer, who as a sophomore was a 2nd team All-Ivy selection.[21]

Previously, he served as an assistant to his former coach Carmody during Carmody's first eleven season as the coach at Northwestern University. Northwestern is not known for having the most athletic players in the Big Ten Conference, causing Carmody to use Henderson, who commonly scrimmaged with the players, as part of a joke for a Sports Illustrated: "I don't mind that Mitch is cagier and smarter than all those guys on the court. The thing that bothers me is that he's faster than all of them."[22] During Henderson's final three seasons at Northwestern, the team qualified for the National Invitation Tournament.[23][24][25]

Personal

Henderson earned his A.B. from Princeton in 1998 in economics and worked as a research associate for Lendx Corporation in San Francisco, Calif. before beginning his coaching career.[2] He was senior-year roommates with James Mastaglio,[26] who was a 1998 honorable mention All-Ivy League selection.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ "Princeton introduces Mitch Henderson". ESPN. 2011-04-21. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6404067. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Mitch Henderson". CBS Interactive. http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/henderson_mitch00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  3. ^ "Mitch Henderson". Princeton University. http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205140562. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
  4. ^ "Vikes rally, Rochester falls short". The Rochester Sentinel (Compass Edition). 1994-06-08. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jy1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1373,611093&dq=mitch-henderson+culver&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
  5. ^ Lesar, Al (2011-07-03). "High school: Top athlete measures up to greatness". South Bend Tribune. http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2011-07-03/news/29734706_1_athlete-football-season-culver-community-high-school. Retrieved 2011-11-06. 
  6. ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 1997-03-05. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/05/sports/results-plus-935166.html. Retrieved 2011-03-12. 
  7. ^ a b c d "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". Princeton Athletic Communications. 2010-09-27. http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749695. 
  8. ^ Araton, Harvey (1997-03-14). "Two Upstarts Go Down Fighting". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/14/sports/two-upstarts-go-down-fighting.html. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
  9. ^ Princeton Athletic Communications (2009-06-22). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason". Princeton University. http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3754497. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  10. ^ Moran, Malcolm (1997-03-14). "L.I.U. Takes Its Shots but Is Silenced by Villanova". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/14/sports/liu-takes-its-shots-but-is-silenced-by-villanova.html. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
  11. ^ "Mitch Henderson '98 Returns to Princeton as Head Men's Basketball Coach". Princeton University. 2011-04-20. http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205140226. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  12. ^ "Division I Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 85. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
  13. ^ Curry, Jack (1998-03-09). "1998 N.C.A.A. Tournament; Seedings Are Sown, And 64 Dreams Born". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/09/sports/1998-ncaa-tournament-seedings-are-sown-and-64-dreams-born.html. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
  14. ^ 2009-10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. IvyLeagueSports.com. p. 43. 
  15. ^ Curry, Jack (1998-03-13). "1998 N.C.A.A. Tournament: First Round -- East; A Fluke No More: Princeton Shuts Down U.N.L.V.". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/13/sports/1998-ncaa-tournament-first-round-east-a-fluke-no-more-princeton-shuts-down-unlv.html. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
  16. ^ Princeton Athletic Communications (2009-06-22). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Individual & Team Records". Princeton University. http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749717. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  17. ^ "N.B.A. Transactions". The New York Times. 1999-01-22. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/22/sports/nba-transactions.html. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  18. ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. 1999-01-26. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/26/sports/transactions-095710.html. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  19. ^ "Mitch Henderson new Princeton coach". ESPN. 2011-04-20. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6395818. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  20. ^ "Princeton Tigers Stats - 2010-11". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/163/year/2011/princeton-tigers. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  21. ^ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy -- 2010-11". Ivyleaguesports.com. 2011-03-09. http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2010-11. Retrieved 2011-03-12. 
  22. ^ Ballard, Chris (2010-01-11). "The Seven-decade Itch". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1164552/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  23. ^ "Big Ten Men's Basketball Prepares for Postseason: Record-tying seven Big Ten teams selected to participate in NCAA Championship". CBS Interactive. 2009-03-17. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031709aab.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  24. ^ "Men's Basketball Release: Week 19: Five teams earn NCAA Tournament berths". CBS Interactive. 2010-03-18. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031810aaa.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  25. ^ "Big Ten Men's Basketball Postseason Release - March 14, 2011: Big Ten ties conference record with seven teams selected for NCAA Tournament". CBS Interactive. 2011-03-14. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031411aab.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  26. ^ Curry, Jack (1998-03-10). "1998 N.C.A.A. Tournament; Swaggering Through the Backdoor". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/10/sports/1998-ncaa-tournament-swaggering-through-the-backdoor.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  27. ^ Tenenblatt, Daniel (1998-11-16). "COLUMN: Not so fast, Princeton's still competitive". Daily Pennsylvanian. http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/15299. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 

External links

v · d · eCurrent men's basketball head coaches of the Ivy League

Jesse Agel (Brown) • Kyle Smith (Columbia) • Bill Courtney (Cornell) • Paul Cormier (Dartmouth) • Tommy Amaker (Harvard) • Jerome Allen (Penn) • Mitch Henderson (Princeton) • James Jones (Yale)



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