Coaches

Jason Henry
Head Coach
Phone: (605) 355-3023
Email: Jason.Henry@sdsmt.edu

Jason Henry is a native of Minot, ND, enters his fifth season as the Hardrockers' head coach. Before being promoted, Henry served as an assistant at South Dakota School of Mines for three years where he coordinated the team's recruiting efforts and helped in all aspects of the program. In his second season as head coach, the Hardrockers had their highest finish ever in the Dakota Athletic Conference while playing in the DAC Championship game

Henry played high school basketball at Minot Bishop Ryan and college ball at Minot State in North Dakota, where he graduated in 1997 with a degree in physical education as well as corporate fitness. Henry went on to receive his Master's degree in education from North Dakota State University.

Henry's coaching career began as an assistant at Minot Bishop Ryan in 1994. He continued as an assistant with stops at West Fargo, ND, and Minot State. He then served as head boys' and girls' basketball coach at PBK High School (Pingree, Buchanan, and Kensal) in ND, and two seasons as head boys' coach at Washburn, ND. The following season Henry then returned to the college level with a two-year stop at the North Dakota School of Science, a junior college in Wahpeton, as an assistant. During his last year there in 2002, the team finished with a 31-2 mark and set 14 school records. He coached Team North Dakota during the summers of 1999-2002 which traveled to Australia and Hawaii to compete in international play. Along with his coaching duties over the years, Henry has taught business and physical education classes at the high school and college level.

"Mines is a wonderful place to coach and Rapid City is a beautiful place to live," said coach Henry. "I have been blessed to have worked with a number of Hall of Fame coaches and learned so much along the way. It is always exciting to start each year and implement my style of play along with the styles that have become part of me from the people I have worked with in the past. With an up-tempo offense and pressure defense, we will continue to have some very exciting basketball now and in the future. We have been able to get some of the top student/athletes around the area because of the excellent academic background at Mines. I plan on continuing to bring in these top-notch student - athletes and build upon the foundation that has been established from the past coaches at the School of Mines."

Eric Glenn
Assistant Coach
Phone: (605) 355-3024
Email: Eric.Glenn@sdsmt.edu

Eric Glenn is a native of Riverton, Wyoming, but spent much of his childhood years in Hot Springs where his father was the head football coach.  He played football and basketball for two years at Chadron State College in Chadron, Neb., where he was a back-up quarterback and point guard.  He then finished his final two years with the Eagle basketball program.  He graduated from Chadron State with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education (1993).  After graduation, he immediately stayed on as an assistant for then head coach, Bob Wood, where he helped the Eagles to their first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference league championship.  As an assistant at Chadron State he earned a Master of Arts degree in Sports and Recreation Management.  In 1995, he went to the University of Wyoming where he was the third assistant on Joby Wright's basketball staff. 

After a two-year stint at Wyoming, he moved on to Scottsbluff High School where he was the assistant coach on the Bearcats District B-6 championship team that qualified for the Nebraska State Tournament.  The next season he went to Missouri Valley College where he was the assistant men's basketball coach for the Vikings of the Heart of America Athletic Conference.  In 2000, he was hired as the head coach of Missouri Valley where he led the Vikings to their best conference finish in four years, hosted and won play-off tournament games two out of the three years and was nominated for conference coach of the year twice.  From 2001 to 2003 he served on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II National Tournament Committee. 

In 2003 he took the opportunity to move closer to family and became an assistant at Black Hills State University under Mike Kruszynski.  Glenn has directed and worked at over 30 different camps and clinics throughout the Midwest, which have included the University of Wyoming, Colorado State University, Chauncey Billups Basketball Camps, Creighton University, Mike Trader Basketball Camps and Montana State University. 

He is married to the former Lorna Dahlgren, who played for the Chadron State women's basketball program from 1991 - 1995 where she holds career records in assists and steals and is in the Top 5 in points, rebounds and free throws.  They have one son, Jarek, who is seven and Payton is one year old.