"We have lost an Illini icon.
Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. (Knight beat him at Texas Tech too, after Henson had returned to New Mexico State. "Our Orange and Blue hearts are heavy," Illinois Director of … R.I.P. Sorry for you’re loss. He reached the Sweet 16 only four times, made the Elite Eight twice and made only one Final Four, in 1989 when the Illini lost to Michigan in the national final.Henson was a trailblazer in many ways. I’m honored to have known him.Having heard about this great loss, the family of this individual is passing through pains, mourning the unexpected passing of their beloved.This departure was confirmed through social media posts made by Twitter users who pour out tributes, and condolences to the family of the deceased.More details have not been released about this death. Lou Henson you will be missed. The basketball courts at Illinois and New Mexico State are both named after him.Henson coached against Bob Knight and Indiana a whopping 44 times during his tenure at Illinois, winning just 15 times and losing 29. Henson was diagnosed in 2003 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had several setbacks and chemotherapy treatments over the last decade. He was 88. Will forever remember tutoring breakfast session. I bumped into his daughter a couple years ago outside of Bub’s which was weird. He chased him down inside the Indiana locker room, and then the two went outside, where they had words. He’s among 15 coaches to have taken two different schools to a Final Four.I had the pleasure of meeting the great Lou Henson a few times as a kid when my dad played in the Prairie State Games on the Southern team with Larry Smith and Very sad to hear of the passing of Aggie Lou Henson.
He coached 41 seasons at New Mexico State and Illinois, winning 779 games. The ultimate PRO and INSPIRING PERSON. ''Knight then got up and left, never answering any questions.Deon Thomas, who played for Henson from 1990 to 1994, appreciated all that Henson did for him, and a lot of that appreciation came after his playing days were over.“When I played for Coach Henson, I did not understand how much he meant to me and the lessons he was trying to give or how much he cared about his players,”Texas wide receiver Jordyn Williams and Brownsburg offensive lineman Joshua Sales put on a show on national TV on Saturday, with the two Indiana commits winning big games in front of national television audiences.The Big Ten said it wasn't safe to play football in the fall, but Indiana high schools are playing, and the Brownsburg Bulldogs are on ESPN2 Saturday night in a nationally televised game.Hunter Sallis comes from a basketball family as his mom played college basketball at San Diego State and James Harden is his cousin.After Blake Wesley announced his top 12 list, we decided to evaluate some of the schools that could be a top option down the line.Indiana athletics is having staff members take two-week, unpaid furloughs from Oct. 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.The two likeliest dates for college basketball to start are Nov. 25 or Dec. 4. Thanks for making everyone you connected with feel important. "Our Orange and Blue hearts are heavy," Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said in a statement. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989. He was a Legendary coach. Hall of Fame college basketball coach Lou Henson died Saturday from cancer, the University of Illinois confirmed on Wednesday. I had a chance to deal with him at both those schools, and he always was a class act. Lou Henson, the all-time wins leader as men's basketball coach at the University of Illinois and New Mexico State, died Saturday at his home in Champaign, Illinois, …
And I reminded her how cool it was to be kicked out of her house by her dad.Coach Lou Henson was one of my mentors. Seas.