Complete Naismith Memorial Basketball HOF Release
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - An NM State - and college basketball - legend is now eligible to enter the pantheon of greats associated with the sport.
In a release issued Tuesday afternoon the late Lou Henson - the legendary former Aggie head coach who passed away on July 25, 2020, at the age of 88 - is one of eight first-time nominees for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2021.
Henson joins Doug Collins, Michael Cooper, Howard Garfinkel, Paul Pierce, Val Ackerman, Yolanda Griffith and Lauren Jackson as first-time nominees to the Hall of Fame.