Henson will not coach

[Brent]

He has come down with pneumonia.

I feel bad for the guy.

[ADLER]

I hope for only the best for Lou. He has had a truly amazing career, from taking his NMSU team to the Final Four in Houston's new Astrodome in the 60's to compete against Elvin Hayes' Houston Cougars and Lew Alcindor's UCLA Bruins, to his Final Four appearances while coaching Illinois, and then to return back to his first love, New Mexico State basketball.

Through his storied career the man has always been a class act.

Several years back during the Big West days, Trilli's North Texas team was having a horrible season, but North Texas was able to pull an upset of New Mexico State at the Pit in front of a very small audience. The few shocked fans in attendance had been cheering, yelling, and occasionally taunting. It was a very rare win, and we were going to make the most of it.

After the game, after the teams shook hands, Lou came over to many of the remaining North Texas fans, congratulated everyone for the victory, and thanked us for supporting our team.

I hope he has a speedy recovery. College sports needs more people like Lou.

[NTEagle08]

Article from ESPN.com:

One Step at a Time

[NewMexicoStateAggies]

One thing most people don't know is that the first year he came out of retirement to coach the aggies it was just for the year, and he wanted to do it for free, but they had to pay him so they payed him one dollar a month during that year, but i guess he loved the game so much he has been her since.

[GrandGreen]

Hope he makes the game in Denton were NT fans can show our appreciation for a first class person.

[NewMexicoStateAggies]

Well one UNM fan was bad mouthing Lou.