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Lou Henson

Career Record: 42 Years, 795-426, .651 W-L%
Schools: Hardin-Simmons (67-36), New Mexico State (307-164) and Illinois (421-226)

Conference Champion: 3 Times (Reg. Seas.), 1 Time (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 19 Years (19-20), 2 Final Fours, 0 Championships

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Coaching Record

SRS back to 1979-80
Season School Conf G W L W-L% SRS SOS AP Pre AP High AP Final Notes
1962-63 Hardin-Simmons  Ind 26 10 16 .385
1964-65 Hardin-Simmons  Ind 25 17 8 .680
1965-66 Hardin-Simmons  Ind 26 20 6 .769
1966-67 New Mexico State*  Ind 26 15 11 .577
1967-68 New Mexico State*  Ind 29 23 6 .793 10
1968-69 New Mexico State*  Ind 29 24 5 .828 7 12
1969-70 New Mexico State* F Ind 30 27 3 .900 6 3 5
1970-71 New Mexico State*  MVC 27 19 8 .704 15 15
1971-72 New Mexico State  MVC 25 19 6 .760
1972-73 New Mexico State  MVC 26 12 14 .462
1973-74 New Mexico State  MVC 25 14 11 .560
1974-75 New Mexico State*  MVC 27 20 7 .741
1975-76 Illinois  Big Ten 27 14 13 .519
1976-77 Illinois  Big Ten 30 14 16 .467 Overall W-L adjusted to 16-14
1977-78 Illinois  Big Ten 27 13 14 .481
1978-79 Illinois  Big Ten 30 19 11 .633 4
1979-80 Illinois  Big Ten 35 22 13 .629 15.78 10.24 20
1980-81 Illinois*  Big Ten 29 21 8 .724 18.11 8.47 12 19
1981-82 Illinois  Big Ten 29 18 11 .621 10.58 4.55
1982-83 Illinois*  Big Ten 32 21 11 .656 9.79 7.07
1983-84 Illinois* R Big Ten 31 26 5 .839 19.56 8.00 6 6
1984-85 Illinois*  Big Ten 35 26 9 .743 18.83 8.13 2 2 12
1985-86 Illinois*  Big Ten 32 22 10 .688 20.34 9.44 7 7 19
1986-87 Illinois*  Big Ten 31 23 8 .742 18.05 8.66 14 5 11
1987-88 Illinois*  Big Ten 33 23 10 .697 21.54 9.82 13 16
1988-89 Illinois* F Big Ten 36 31 5 .861 24.68 12.42 9 1 3
1989-90 Illinois*  Big Ten 29 21 8 .724 18.46 9.89 8 4 18
1990-91 Illinois  Big Ten 31 21 10 .677 9.82 8.39
1991-92 Illinois  Big Ten 28 13 15 .464 12.44 11.37
1992-93 Illinois*  Big Ten 32 19 13 .594 11.83 9.27
1993-94 Illinois*  Big Ten 28 17 11 .607 18.96 9.75 17 16
1994-95 Illinois*  Big Ten 31 19 12 .613 11.95 7.68 25 20
1995-96 Illinois  Big Ten 31 18 13 .581 13.96 7.86 12
1997-98 New Mexico State  Big West 30 18 12 .600 3.74 0.05 Overall W-L adjusted to 0-0
1998-99 New Mexico State* RT Big West 33 23 10 .697 2.40 -0.63
1999-00 New Mexico State  Big West 32 22 10 .688 6.25 2.00
2000-01 New Mexico State  Sun Belt 28 14 14 .500 1.24 -2.57 Not eligible for conference championship
2001-02 New Mexico State R Sun Belt 32 20 12 .625 3.66 -0.20
2002-03 New Mexico State  Sun Belt 29 20 9 .690 4.69 -0.92
2003-04 New Mexico State  Sun Belt 27 13 14 .481 -3.34 -1.58
2004-05 New Mexico State  Sun Belt 16 4 12 .250 -9.15 0.75
Career Overall 1195 775 420 .649 11.37 5.92
Hardin-Simmons 77 47 30 .610
New Mexico State 471 307 164 .652 1.19 -0.39
Illinois 647 421 226 .651 16.16 8.88

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Consensus All-Americans
Jimmy Collins (1970)
Kendall Gill (1990)
Ken Norman (1987)
Games
1967-68 New Mexico State 29 (#7)
1968-69 New Mexico State 29 (#7)
1969-70 New Mexico State 30 (#2)
1979-80 Illinois 35 (#2)
1984-85 Illinois 35 (#7)
1988-89 Illinois 36 (#7)
Career 1195 (#5)
Wins
1967-68 New Mexico State 23 (#6)
1968-69 New Mexico State 24 (#7)
1969-70 New Mexico State 27 (#2)
1984-85 Illinois 26 (#10)
1988-89 Illinois 31 (#1)
 Career 775 (#10)
Losses
Career 420 (#5)
Win-Loss Percentage
1969-70 New Mexico State .900 (#5)
1983-84 Illinois .839 (#10)
1988-89 Illinois .861 (#3)