# Ron McHenry

Ronald McHenry (born January 21, 1962) is an American former college women's basketball coach at Washburn University. During his 22 seasons at Washburn, he led the Ichabods to one national championship, seven conference regular season and tournament championships, and twelve NCAA tournament appearances. Prior to his current post, McHenry served as an assistant coach at a local high school, assistant and interim head coach for the Topeka Sizzlers for one season, assistant coach for the Washburn men's basketball program, as well as the men's golf coach at Washburn for eight seasons.

## Career
### Early coaching career

Born on January 21, 1962, in Olathe, Kansas, McHenry began his college basketball career as a player for the Coffeyville Red Ravens and Kansas Jayhawks before finishing his college career at Washburn University. After graduating from Washburn, McHenry served as a graduate assistant for the Ichabods for one season before landing a teaching and assistant coaching job at Perry-Lecompton High School. In 1988, McHenry served as the assistant coach and interim head coach for the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association. After a season with the Sizzlers, McHenry returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Bob Chipman.

### Washburn University

In May 2000, McHenry was announced as the next women's basketball coach at Washburn. During his time at Washburn, McHenry has posted a 426–127 (.770) overall record, 247–93 (.726) conference record, and has won eight conference regular season championships, seven conference tournament championships, and one NCAA Division II Tournament championship.
He retired after the 2021–22 season.

## Head coach record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Washburn Ichabods (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2000–present) ||||||
| 2000–01 | Washburn | 13–14 | 7–11 | 7th | |
| 2001–02 | Washburn | 23–7 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA regional quarterfinals |
| 2002–03 | Washburn | 30–4 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2003–04 | Washburn | 25–6 | 15–3 | T–1st | NCAA regional semifinals |
| 2004–05 | Washburn | 35–2 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA tournament champions |
| 2005–06 | Washburn | 32–1 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Regional finals |
| 2006–07 | Washburn | 29–4 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Regional finals |
| 2007–08 | Washburn | 26–7 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2008–09 | Washburn | 27–5 | 16–4 | 2nd | NCAA regional semifinals |
| 2009–10 | Washburn | 27–4 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinals |
| 2010–11 | Washburn | 22–7 | 17–5 | 2nd | NCAA regional quarterfinals |
| 2011–12 | Washburn | 29–5 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinals |
| 2012–13 | Washburn | 23–6 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA regional quarterfinals |
| 2013–14 | Washburn | 16–11 | 11–8 | 6th | |
| 2014–15 | Washburn | 16–12 | 8–11 | 8th | |
| 2015–16 | Washburn | 15–14 | 11–11 | 7th | |
| 2016–17 | Washburn | 17–12 | 10–9 | 7th | |
| 2017–18 | Washburn | 20–10 | 11–8 | T–6th | |
| 2018–19 | Washburn | 20–10 | 14–5 | T–3rd | |
| Washburn: | Washburn: | 446–141 (.760) | 261–91 (.741) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 446–141 (.760) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||