JOE Henson is now in his seventh year as a member of Coach Cody's staff, bringing valuable wrestling and coaching experience to the team.
Henson has been instrumental to the success of the AU wrestling program and the development of All-American's Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov, Mike Cannon and Josh Glenn. Henson's responsibilities to the team include recruiting, training of the middle weights, administrative oversight and individual training.
As a collegian, Henson qualified for the NCAA Championships four times while attending both the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Nebraska. A 2001 graduate of Penn, Henson was a two-time place-winner at the EIWA Championships. During the 2001 tournament, he took third place and in his senior campaign Henson narrowly missed capturing a championship when he took second to Jesse Jantzen of Harvard. For his performance and efforts during his senior year, Henson earned the Robert G. Allman Most Inspirational Award.
Henson began his collegiate career at Nebraska where he was a two-year letterwinner, a two-time Nationals Qualifier and a Big 12 runner-up. In his four year career, Henson amassed over 100 wins.
Henson also accomplished much away from the wrestling matt during college, twice earning Academic All-America. Henson graduated from Penn in 2001 with a bachelor of arts in psychology.
Prior to joining American's staff, Henson was a coach at New Oxford High School during the 2002-03 season.
