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Gabe Henry joined the Butler women's basketball coaching staff in September of 2017. Previous coaching experience for Henry includes stops at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Odessa College, Central Methodist University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Alaska Anchorage and Gonzaga University.
 
Henry was most recently a part of the coaching staff at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  He joined the women’s basketball program as an assistant coach on July 14, 2014.  While at UTRGV, Henry served as the recruiting and defensive coordinator. 
 
As recruiting coordinator, Henry was able to bring in top recruiting classes in the Western Athletic Conference for two consecutive years. The Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report ranked the UTRGV 2015-16 class as No. 68 in the nation. 
 
Defensively, UTRGV held the opposition to a .370 field goal percentage, the third-lowest in program history. In 2015-16, Henry helped coach a defense that allowed just 61.6 points per game, which was the fifth-best rate in program history. 
 
Prior to UTRGV, Henry was a member of the women’s basketball coaching staff at Odessa College for two years.  Henry was the recruiting coordinator and helped handle all day-to-day operations of the team. In just two seasons, he coached and recruited nine all-conference players and one All-American student-athlete.
 
Henry also has coaching experience at Central Methodist University, the University of Hawaii and the University of Alaska Anchorage.  He spent three years total with the teams. 
 
Before Henry became a Butler Bulldog, he was once a Gonzaga Bulldog.  Henry spent two seasons as the director of basketball operations at Gonzaga. During his time there, he helped lead the team to their first-ever NCAA Tournament win and two West Coast Conference Regular Season Championships. 
 
The Brookfield, Mo. native earned his undergraduate degree from Missouri Valley College, which is also where he began his coaching career as a student assistant.  Henry then went on to earn his master’s degree in sports and athletic administration from Gonzaga University. 
 
Henry lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Alana, and their four daughters, Avery, Arielle, Aliyah and Afton.