Washington University in St. Louis

Randi Henderson enters her seventh season at the helm in 2023-24 after being named the third women's basketball coach in program history on June 5, 2017.

Following the 2021-22 season, the Bears collected a 14-11 record and recorded a fourth place finish in the UAA league standings. Maya Arnott was selected to the D3hoops.com Third Team All-Region, while also earning First Team All-UAA honors. Jessica Brooks and Sam Weaver were both named to the All-UAA Honorable Mention team. 

In the 2019-20 season, WashU was 14-11 overall and finished fourth in the University Athletic Association (UAA).

Henderson guided the Bears to the UAA Title in 2018-19 as the team went 13-1 during conference play. WashU proceeded have a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the sectional finals with a trio of victories and concluded the year with a 22-7 mark.

The success of the Bears led to Henderson being named the Central Region Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com. She and her assistant coaches were named the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year as well.

In her first season on the Danforth Campus, Henderson led the Bears to a 19-8 record. The Bears earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round.

During 2017-18, WashU's offense finished in the top-10 nationally in six categories including second in three-point field goal percentage (40.8), fourth in assists per game (19.0), fifth in field-goal percentage (46.0), ninth in scoring offense (78.2), ninth in assists (514) and 10th in free-throw percentage (76.7). The Bears also ranked in the top-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.22) and assists (517) in 2018-19.

Madeline Homoly was twice awarded First Team All-Region honors as well as a Second Team All-America nod from D3hoops.com in 2018-19 to go along with UAA Player of the Year distinction. Homoly and Natalie Orr represented D-3 Team USA during the 2018 Brazil Tour.

Henderson arrived at WashU after spending two years as the assistant women’s basketball coach at NCAA Division I Charlotte. She also spent nine years as head coach at Coe College (2006-15) and one season at University of Minnesota-Morris (2005-06).

In her first season with the 49ers, Henderson made an immediate impact and helped guide Charlotte to a 19-11 record, top-four Conference USA Championship ranking and one of the best offensive campaigns in program history. The 49ers topped the league in scoring (74.7 ppg) and field goal percentage (45.5), finishing among the Top-25 nationally in both categories. In her final season, Charlotte posted a 21-10 record and advanced to the Conference USA Quarterfinals.

Henderson joined the Niners after a nine-year stint as the head women’s basketball coach at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She also served as the department’s assistant athletic director and senior women’s administrator (SWA).

She led the Kohawks to the school’s only three 20-plus win seasons, including a school-record 26 on their way to the NCAA Sectional Semifinals in 2010-11. Coe finished with a 14-2 mark in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) that season, sharing the league’s regular-season crown before picking up the tournament title.

It was one of six double-digit victory campaigns in conference play during Henderson’s tenure, including back-to-back seasons in 2013-14 and 2014-15. The Kohawks also tied for the regular-season championship in 2009-10, posting a 13-3 league ledger as part of a 19-8 overall season.

In 2011-12, Coe advanced to the NCAA Second Round after winning its second-straight IIAC Tournament final and garnering a 21-8 record.

Her first time winning 20 games came in just her second season, 2007-08, when she engineered a 12-win turnaround from the previous year and vaulted the Kohawks to a third-place finish in the conference standings with a 20-8 mark. Coe advanced to the league tournament final for the first time in program history, while winning its first conference tournament game.

She received two IIAC Coach of the Year honors (2010, 2011) and a nod as the WBCA West Region Coach of the Year during her Coe career. Her overall record with the program was 155-91 (.630), the most wins by any head coach in school history. She also guided the Kohawks to a 90-48 (.652) ledger in conference action during her nine-year stint.

Prior to arriving at Coe, Henderson spent one season at Minnesota Morris where she earned Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Coach of the Year accolades. She directed the Cougars to a 16-10 record, including a 10-4 mark in league play to tie for second in the standings. She was an assistant at UMM for two years, 2003-04 and 2004-05, prior to her elevation to the head coaching post.

In June 2016, Henderson attended the Center for Coaching Excellence, a two-day elite leadership-training program sponsored by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) in Atlanta. She was selected among an exclusive national group of assistant coaches to attend the event.

A native of Cedar Falls, Iowa, she began her coaching career as a volunteer at Athens High School in Athens, Ohio, as a graduate teaching assistant.

Henderson played collegiately at the University of Iowa, where she was a three-year starter and team captain for the Hawkeyes. She helped guide the Hawkeyes to a pair of NCAA Tournaments (1998, 2001) and the 2001 Big Ten Tournament Championship. Henderson concluded her career with 936 points and 745 rebounds, placing 11th on the school’s all-time list.

She graduated from Iowa in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in health, leisure and sport studies. Henderson received a master’s degree in recreation and sport sciences at Ohio University in 2003. She was named Iowa Miss Basketball in 1997.

Henderson and her husband, Duez, reside in St. Louis with their two children Harper and Ezekiel.