Danny Henderson Reportedly Joining Coaching Staff at Tulsa

Mike Boynton’s coaching staff will include at least one former Brad Underwood staffer in Lamont Evans. It won’t, however, include Danny Henderson. According to a report from ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla, Henderson is moving east an hour to join the coaching staff at Tulsa under Frank Haith.

Whether or not it was Boynton’s choice to not include him on the staff is unclear, but Henderson is, and has been, an absolute asset at OSU. As a former Texas high school coach to Phil Forte and Marcus Smart, he’s revered among Texas circles and has deep recruiting ties to the Dallas area.

After winning more than 700 games and four state titles in high school, he spent time as an assistant coach at Boise State before joining Underwood at OSU.

“Danny is a great fit for our program and a great fit for Oklahoma State,” Underwood said upon Henderson’s hiring last year. “I got to know him through the recruiting process with both Marcus Smart and Phil Forte, and he’s a guy I love talking basketball with. Being with Leon Rice at Boise State, one of the great programs on the west coast, Danny was still able to keep his many recruiting ties in the state of Texas. He’s a legend in high school basketball in the state of Texas. He’s obviously known as a great coach from an Xs and Os standpoint, but is also a tremendous human being, as well. I value his basketball expertise as much as his friendship, and I think he’s going to be a great fit here at Oklahoma State.”

Boynton announced during his introductory press conference that he doesn’t have a timeline for filling out the rest of his staff.