Lou Henson, Final Four Coach With Two Schools, Dies at 88
Posted Aug 1, 2020
Lou Henson, who led New Mexico State and the University of Illinois to the Final Four in a 42-year head-coaching career in which he piled up almost 800 victories, died on Saturday at his home in Champaign, Ill. He was 88. Henson took 19 teams to the N.C.A.A. tournament. He reached the N.C.A.A.’s Final Four with New Mexico State in 1970 and with Illinois in 1989.
(New York Times)
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