It seems that there are questions regarding Coach Pat Henry's biography, so below is the entire biography that I developed and used with his interview at
www.garycohenrunning.com
. I'm guessing that some of you didn't read the biography and interview or you would have found your answers there previously. Anyway - enjoy the interview.
Pat Henry is the current track and field coach of both the men’s and women’s team at Texas A&M University and has held that position since 2004. The Aggies are the 2009 men’s and women’s NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Champions. His Texas A&M teams have won six Big 12 titles, earning Henry the title of Big 12 Coach of the Year six times. Pat was just named the men’s 2009 Track and Field Coach of the Year. He is also the former track and field coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) where he won 27 national championships during his 17-year tenure. At LSU his teams also won 19 SEC titles, while he earned 15 SEC Coach of the Year and five National Coach of the Year honors. The Lady Tigers won an astounding 10 straight NCAA outdoor championships under Pat’s leadership. He is the only coach in NCAA history to win both men's and women's track and field national titles in the same year which his teams also accomplished twice at LSU. He has coached over 35 Olympians and three Gold Medalists. Pat began his college coaching career at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas in 1983 and won two consecutive Junior College National Titles. Prior to Blinn College, Henry was head coach at Hobbs (NM) High School, where he led his teams to five state championships. Despite the personal successes he often credits his staff, and the consistency of those in place around him, for the overall success of his programs. Pat's coaching abilities can be traced through his lineage. His grandfather, Gwinn, was the head football and track coach at Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico, while his son Gwinn Bub was as an assistant track coach at New Mexico. Pat graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1973 and earned a masters degree from Western New Mexico University in 1979. He graduated from Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, N.M. in 1969. Pat was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2004. He has been married to the former Gail Duggin for 35 years. They have a daughter, Shelly, and a son Brandon.