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Lou Henson, Illinois Basketball’s all-time win leader, dies at 88

Former Illinois basketball head coach Lou Henson has passed away at 88 years old.

The Hall of Fame coach died Saturday and was buried this morning. https://t.co/3vDBVJemSx

— The News-Gazette (@news_gazette) July 29, 2020

The News-Gazette reports Henson passed away Saturday and was buried Wednesday morning.

Henson is the program’s all-time leader in wins with 423. He coached at Illinois from 1975-1996, coaching the 1989 Flyin’ Illini, a team that won a then-program record 31 games and advanced to the Final Four. Henson coached players like Kendall Gill, Nick Anderson, Steve Bardo and Eddie Johnson over his 20-plus years in Champaign.