(12thman.com) – He has became the first coach to lead a school to three consecutive men’s and women’s NCAA Outdoor Championships during the 2009-2010-2011 seasons.
In 2013, the A&M men claimed their fourth NCAA Championship, and In 2014, the women, their fourth NCAA Championship.
Twice the Aggie men have placed second the NCAA Indoor (2010 & 2011) while the A&M women have finished fifth four times indoors (2010, 2011, 2012 & 2014) after placing second at the NCAA Indoor in 2009.
With eight NCAA Championships at A&M, Henry’s total national titles has reached 35 on the Division I level. While Henry is currently third among all-time national team titles as a NCAA head coach. He has achieved the most championships for indoor and outdoor track and field national titles. The all-time list is topped by Kenyon College’s Jim Steen, who has 50 NCAA titles in Division III swimming and diving, while Arkansas’ John McDonnell collected 40 NCAA titles between cross country (11) and track (29).
On top of winning eight national team titles over six years with A&M, the men won their first ever Big 12 Indoor championship in 2011, which marked the first conference indoor title for A&M since a Southwest Conference title in 1980. Then the men set a conference record of 175 points to win the 2011 Big 12 Outdoor championship as A&M claimed its first Big 12 Outdoor title since 2001.
Texas A&M men repeated the double sweep of conference titles for their last season in 2012.
Meanwhile, the women achieved their fifth consecutive Big 12 Outdoor championship in 2011 and were runner-up at the Big 12 Indoor, after winning four straight titles from 2007 to 2010. In 2012, the A&M women won their final Big 12 Indoor and placed third at the outdoor conference meet.
In 2013, with the Aggies in their first season competing in the SEC, the A&M women won the outdoor conference title while the men placed third. Both teams finished third during the SEC Indoor meet.
The Tigers and Lady Tigers have combined to win 15 national titles in the 4×100-meter relay and eight NCAA titles in the 4×400-meter relay in Henry’s 16 years at the helm. His relays made history during the 1992 season, as LSU became the first school in NCAA history to earn gold in both the men and women’s 4×100 in the same year. Henry’s relay team duplicated the feat, sweeping the 4×100 relays in 1993, 1994 and 2003.
In 2001, Henry led his Tigers to their first NCAA Indoor title in dramatic fashion. LSU was just as successful in 2002 as both the Tigers and Lady Tigers each won an NCAA National Championship title. The women took home the indoor crown, while the men concluded the season by winning the outdoor title in front of a home crowd at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.
LSU has produced 37 Olympians and 38 World Championships competitors since Henry’s arrival, totals that include three Olympic gold medalists and five medalists at the World Championships.
In 1987, Blinn College swept both NJCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. In addition, Henry earned both Indoor and Outdoor National Junior College Coach of the Year honors in 1986 and 1987.
from the University of New Mexico, Coach Henry served as head coach at Hobbs high school. This position was the beginning of his lifelong career in coaching.