Conner Henry
Conner David Henry (born July 21, 1963) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. 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 Adelaide 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. He was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 19th pick of the fourth round in the 1986 NBA draft. 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. After his NBA career he spent 10 years playing professionally in Italy, Spain, France and Greece before returning to Montana, US. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | align="left" | 1986–87 | align="left" | Houston | 18 || 0 || 5.1 || .242 || .091 || .700 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.3 |- | align="left" | 1986–87 | align="left" | Boston | 36 || 0 || 6.4 || .369 || .387 || .588 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 2.7 |- | align="left" | 1987–88 | align="left" | Boston | 10 || 0 || 8.1 || .393 || .375 || .900 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 3.4 |- | align="left" | 1987–88 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 14 || 2 || 10.4 || .317 || .333 || .571 || 1.4 || 2.1 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | 1987–88 | align="left" |