Conner Henry

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Conner Henry
Personal information
Born (1963-07-21) July 21, 1963 (age 58)
Claremont, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolClaremont (Claremont, California)
CollegeUC Santa Barbara (1982–1986)
NBA draft1986 / Round: 4 / Pick: 89th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career1986–1998
PositionShooting guard
Number4, 43, 21
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
As player:
1986Houston Rockets
1987Boston Celtics
1987–1988Milwaukee Bucks
1988Sacramento Kings
1988–1989Rapid City Thrillers
1989Filodoro Brescia
1989–1990Rapid City Thrillers
1990–1991
1991Bakersfield Jammers
1991–1992Yakima Sun Kings
1992Mulhouse
1992–1993Pamesa Valencia
1994–1996Festina Andorra
1996–1997Sporting Athens
1997–1998Peristeri
1998Müller Verona
As coach:
2001–2006Claremont McKenna (assistant)
2006–2008Perth Wildcats (assistant)
2008–2009Perth Wildcats
2010–2011Sydney Kings (assistant)
2011–2013Los Angeles D-Fenders (assistant)
2013–2015Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2015–2016Orlando Magic (assistant)
2020–2021Adelaide 36ers
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • Second-team All-PCAA (1986)

As coach:

  • NBA D-League Coach of the Year (2014)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Conner Henry (born July 21, 1963) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who was last the head coach of the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played collegiately for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos and was selected as the 89th overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets. Henry had short stints with four National Basketball Association (NBA) teams in two seasons before he embarked on a career in the American minor leagues and overseas.

Henry began his coaching career as an assistant at Claremont McKenna College before traveling to Australia to join the coaching staff of the Perth Wildcats of the NBL, where he became the head coach for one season in 2008–09. Henry returned to the United States to join the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League as an assistant coach. Following two seasons with the D-Fenders, he was appointed as head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in 2013 and named the NBA D-League Coach of the Year after his first season. Henry served as an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic of the NBA in the 2015–16 season. He returned to Australia in 2020 when he was appointed head coach of the 36ers.

Playing career[]

He was a 6'7" (203 cm), 195 lb (89 kg) shooting guard and from 1982 to 1986 played college basketball for the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he scored 1,236 points.[1]

He was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 19th pick of the fourth round in the 1986 NBA Draft.[2] Throughout his short NBA career from 1986–88 he played with the Rockets, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings. Henry also played for the Rapid City Thrillers and the Yakima Sun Kings of the CBA. In 1990, he was voted as the CBA Player of the Year as well as the CBA All-Star game MVP. Then in 1992 he played in the first CBA All-Star Game held in the Pacific Northwest, of which he was named Most Valuable Player once again after hitting four-of-seven three-pointers, the most made in such an event since 1970.[3] After his NBA career he spent 10 years playing professionally in Italy, Spain, France and Greece before returning to Montana, US.[4]

Coaching career[]

After retiring, he became an assistant coach with Division III's[2] Claremont McKenna College (where his father worked as a college professor[5]) in his hometown of Claremont, California. He also served as associate director of the career services center, assisting students to gain employment.[4] He remained there for five years until 2006 when he was hired as an assistant coach for the Perth Wildcats of the Australian National Basketball League under head coach and former college teammate Scott Fisher.[2] After Fisher left the Wildcats, Henry became coach for the 2008–09 NBL season.[6] In 2010, Conner joined the reformed Sydney Kings of the NBL as an assistant coach with Ian Robilliard.[7]

He later became an assistant for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League.[8] In October 2013, he was named the head coach of the NBA D-League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants for the 2013–14 season.[9] On April 17, 2014, he was named the winner of the 2014 Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year award.[10] On June 10, 2015, he stepped down as the Mad Ants' head coach and was named the Los Angeles D-Fenders head coach.[11] However, he gave up the position to become, on June 26, assistant coach of the Orlando Magic.[12] Henry worked as a scout for the Minnesota Timberwolves during games at the Staples Center from 2017 to 2019.[13]

On April 22, 2020, he signed a three-year deal to become the head coach of the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL.[14] On August 26, 2021, the 36ers release Henry from his contract.[15]

Head coaching record[]

NBA D-League[]

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
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Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Fort Wayne 2013–14 50 34 16 .680 1st in Eastern 6 6 0 1.000 Won NBA D-League Championship
Fort Wayne 2014–15 50 28 22 .560 2nd in Central 6 4 2 .667 Lost in NBA D-League Finals
Career 100 62 38 .620 12 10 2 .833

References[]

  1. ^ DREAM JOB - The Conner Henry Interview (page 2) by Michael D. McClellan on Celtic Nation.com, published May 6, 2004; article retrieved June 7, 2007
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Conner Henry Assistant Coach Profile, Official Perth Wildcats website; article retrieved June 7, 2007
  3. ^ THE CBA ALL-STAR GAME - FIVE DECADES OF EXCELLENCE, by Chuck Miller on cbaclassic.com .docx icon.svgDOC (62 KiB)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Legend for a night - Catching up with Conner Henry by Jon Goode - published May 2, 2004; article retrieved June 7, 2007
  5. ^ DREAM JOB - The Conner Henry Interview (page 1) by Michael D. McClellan on Celtic Nation.com, published May 6, 2004; article retrieved June 7, 2007
  6. ^ Year By Year - The Official Website of the Perth Wildcats Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ What the Hell Happened to...Conner Henry? - Celtics Life
  8. ^ 2012-13 coach bios.
  9. ^ Mad Ants Name Conner Henry as Head Coach
  10. ^ "Fort Wayne's Conner Henry Named 2014 NBA D-League Coach of the Year". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  11. ^ Los Angeles D-Fenders Name Conner Henry Head Coach
  12. ^ "Magic Name Griffin, Mathis, Elie and Henry Assistant Coaches". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  13. ^ Cohn, Justin A. (April 28, 2020). "Ex-Ants coach returning to bench". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Conner Henry Appointed 36ers Head Coach".
  15. ^ "36ers Release Head Coach Conner Henry". NBL.com.au. August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

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