Jan Jensen announces pair of assistant coach hires

Iowa head women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen announced a pair of additions to her Hawkeye staff on Wednesday.

Randi Henderson and Sean Sullivan have both been hired as new staff members for Iowa women’s basketball. Henderson will serve as an assistant coach while Sullivan will serve as an assistant coach and general manager. Both are UI graduates.

Henderson spent the last seven seasons at WashU in St. Louis as the head women’s basketball coach. Henderson’s teams went 103-54 (.656) with four NCAA Tournament appearances. She guided the Bears to four top three finishes in the University Athletic Association in seven seasons.

WashU and the Bears won the UAA title during the 2018-19 season after posting a 13-1 conference record. Henderson earned Central Region Coach of the Year honors from D3hoops.com for her efforts. She and her staff were also named the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year as well.

Prior to her time at WashU, Henderson spent two years as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Charlotte. Henderson also served as the head coach at Coe College (2006-15) and one season at University of Minnesota-Morris (2005-06).

Henderson was a three-year starter and team captain during her playing career with the Hawkeyes. She helped lead Iowa to a pair of NCAA Tournaments (1998, 2001) and to the 2001 Big Ten Tournament championship.

Sullivan arrives in Iowa City after spending time with North Carolina . In the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, Sullivan served as the director of player personnel, development, and recruiting operations at North Carolina. Then, in the summer of 2023, Sullivan added the title of assistant coach.

Prior to UNC, Sullivan was the director of video for the women’s basketball program at Pitt for two seasons and director of scouting and digital technology with Penn State .

As an undergraduate at Iowa, Sullivan spent four years as a women’s basketball manager, then became the team’s video coordinator. He also spent a summer as video coordinator for USA Basketball, where he was part of the women’s squad that won silver at the 2015 Pan Am Games.

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