Matt Henry joined the VCU staff as an assistant coach in April of 2023, following two seasons in a similar role under Head Coach Ryan Odom at Utah State from 2021-23. With more than 20 years in the college ranks under his belt, Henry brings a wealth of experience to VCU's Basketball Development Center.
His efforts at Utah State helped steer the program to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2023, as well as an NIT berth in 2022. Utah State's. 2022-23 squad won 26 games and reached the Mountain West title game before falling to eventual National Runner-Up San Diego State. With the Aggies, Henry worked closely with USU's wings, and his work helped spur Justin Bean and Brandon Horvath to All-Mountain West honors, as Bean was named Second Team, while Horvath found a spot on Third Team. Henry also helped spark the emergence of Sean Bairstow, who saw his scoring average jump nearly six points per game from his sophomore to junior seasons.
Henry joined Odom at Utah State after three years at UMBC where he helped the Retrievers to an America East regular season conference championship in 2020-21.
Prior to his three years at UMBC, Henry was an assistant coach at St. Peter’s for five seasons, helping the Peacocks capture the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) title, the program’s first-ever national postseason tournament championship. St. Peter’s became the second MAAC team ever to win a national postseason tournament and the first team from New Jersey to win a national postseason tournament title since Princeton won the 1975 NIT.
Over the course of Henry’s five seasons in Jersey City, the Peacocks posted six wins in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament and made three trips into the MAAC semifinals in 2015, 2017 and 2018.
Henry also made a stop at Mount St. Mary’s for two years (2010-12) as an assistant coach before finishing as the acting head coach at the end of his tenure.
Henry got his first taste of Division I coaching as the director of basketball operations at Georgetown, helping the Hoyas to an overall mark of 139-62, four NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of trips to the NIT. His time at Georgetown was highlighted with a Sweet 16 appearance during the 2005-06 season and a spot in the Final Four during the 2006-07 season, a first for the Hoyas in 21 years.
Henry got his start in coaching as an assistant at Trinity University in Texas. He spent three seasons with the Tigers and helped the team to a 63-20 overall mark, a 37-9 record in conference play and to a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances.
The Alexandria, Virginia, native graduated from Trinity with a degree in urban studies and political science in 2001.
Henry, and his wife, Lee, have three sons: Will, Gus and Robbie.
