Drake University announced on Friday that it has hired South Dakota State’s Eric Henderson as its next men’s basketball head coach. Henderson played college basketball under Greg McDermott at Wayne State College in Nebraska and later joined McDermott at Iowa State as a graduate manager.

South Dakota State is in need of a new men’s basketball head coach for the third time in their Division One era. Eric Henderson stepped down on Friday to accept the men’s basketball head coaching position at Drake University in Des Moines,

In a significant move for the Drake University men's basketball program, Eric Henderson has been appointed as the new head coach. This transition marks an exciting chapter for the university, following the departure of Ben McCollum to Iowa.