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Coaching Staff
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Greg Grensing, Assistant Coach

Greg Grensing is in his third season as assistant coach at UNLV.

Grensing was hired at UNLV in May of 2005 after spending 11 seasons on the Creighton University men's basketball coaching staff, including the 2004-05 season as the associate head coach.

During his time at Creighton, Grensing worked for head coach Dana Altman, which was a partnership that dated back to 1986-87 when they started three seasons of work as assistant coaches under UNLV head coach Lon Kruger at Kansas State University.

When Kruger left KSU, Grensing remained in Manhattan, Kan., as a member of Altman's staff and was with him for 15 years at KSU and Creighton.

Prior to coming to UNLV, Grensing coached in a total of 11 NCAA Tournaments, six while at Creighton. As the recruiting coordinator at Creighton, he brought in talented basketball players as well as talented students. The Bluejays played in the postseason in each of his last eight years (six NCAA Tournaments) there and had an Academic All-District selection in seven of those eight seasons. Two of his more notable recruits to Creighton are current NBA player Kyle Korver (Philadelphia 76ers) and former NBA player Rodney Buford (New Jersey Nets).

The 50-year-old native of Council Grove, Kan., graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and began his coaching career with a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at his alma mater.

In 1981, after receiving his master's degree in physical education from Southwest Texas State, Grensing moved on for one season as an assistant at Laredo (Texas) Junior College and then spent two years as an assistant at Idaho State University from 1982-84.

Following the 1983-84 season, Grensing joined Kruger's staff at Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas. After serving two years at Pan American, Kruger was named head coach at Kansas State and hired Grensing as an assistant for the Wildcats.

Grensing started his playing career as a guard at Independence (Kan.) Community College, helping the Pirates to a 62-6 record and the 1977 national title as the team's sixth man.

Following the 1977 season, Grensing transferred to Southwest Texas State and led the Bobcats to a 49-13 record in two seasons, including a third-place finish in the 1979 NAIA national tournament.

Grensing is married to the former Michelle Taylor, and the couple has two daughters, Aubrey Marie (12) and Gentry (10), and one son, Trice, who was born in February. Grensing also has a 34-year-old stepson, Justin Nielson.
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Steve Henson, Assistant Coach

Steve Henson is in his fourth year as assistant coach at UNLV. This past summer, he was recognized as one of the top 25 assistant coaches in the country by Rivals.com.

Henson, a six-season NBA veteran, came to UNLV in the spring of 2004 after spending one year as an assistant coach at the University of South Florida. Prior to working at USF, he spent time as an assistant coach as well as an advance scout for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks from 2001-03 working under UNLV head coach Lon Kruger and then Terry Stotts.

Henson, 39, also worked for Kruger at the University of Illinois as an assistant coach in 1999-2000.

A four-year starter at Kansas State University from 1986-90, Henson was a two-time honorable mention All-American and earned All-Big Eight Conference honors as a junior and senior. Playing for Kruger at KSU, Henson is the only player in school history to play in four NCAA Tournaments, including leading the Wildcats to the 1988 Elite Eight. As a junior in 1988-89, he led KSU in scoring with 18.5 points per game. He also led the team in scoring as a senior in 1989-90. As a sophomore he led the nation in free throw shooting percentage, connecting on 92.5 percent of his attempts and as a junior, he finished second in the nation at 92 percent (92-for-100).

Henson holds school career records in assists (582), 3-point field goals made (240-for-537), free throw percentage (.900), steals (190), games played (127), starts (118) and minutes played (4,474). He is No. 2 on the school's career 3-point field goal percentage list (44.7 percent), No. 5 on the career scoring list (1,655 points) and No. 5 on the career field goals made list (527). He was named to the university's all-century team selected in February, 2003.

Henson was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1990 NBA Draft with the 44th overall selection. He played with five teams in the NBA: Milwaukee, Atlanta, Charlotte, Portland and Detroit. He also played three seasons in the Italian and Greek leagues.

Henson was also a decathlete at KSU. He placed third as a sophomore and a junior at the Big Eight Conference Championships. At the 1989 Big Eight meet (as a junior) he finished third overall with 6,886 points, winning the javelin and high jump and placing second in the discus, pole vault and 1,500-meter run.

A native of McPherson, Kan., Henson graduated from Kansas State in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in human movement.

Henson and his wife, Cindy, have two sons, Quinton (11) and Pearson (8).

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Lew Hill, Assistant Coach

Lew Hill is in his fourth year as assistant coach at UNLV.

Hill came to UNLV in the spring of 2004 from Texas A&M University where he was an assistant coach from 1998-2003. He served as the program's associate head coach during his last season (2003-04) in College Station.

Prior to his time with the Aggies, Hill spent four seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina University and two years as an assistant at Southeast Missouri State University (1992-94).

Hill began his coaching career at Wichita (Kan.) East High School in 1988-89, then moved into the collegiate ranks as a part-time assistant at the University of South Alabama from 1990-92.

As a player, Hill was the starting point guard for San Jacinto (Texas) Junior College in 1984, helping the team to the junior college national championship and earning JUCO All-America honors. He went on to earn All-Missouri Valley Conference honors as a senior at Wichita State University, leading the Shockers to the NCAA Tournament.

The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native was an all-state performer at Mount Vernon High School. After graduating from Wichita State in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, he played professionally in Germany for one season before beginning his coaching career.

Hill has three daughters (Sierra, Erica and Asya) and a son (Lewis Jr.), and is married to the former Renee Starks.
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Mike Shepherd, Director of Basketball Operations

Mike Shepherd is in his fourth year as director of basketball operations at UNLV.

Shepherd came to Las Vegas in the spring of 2004 from Northern Illinois University where he spent three seasons as an assistant coach. Prior to joining the Huskies, Shepherd was a scout for UNLV head coach Lon Kruger's Atlanta Hawks.

Shepherd was a student manager at Kansas State University when Kruger was the head coach and started his coaching career in 1990 as a volunteer assistant at the University of Florida, also under Kruger. He spent a total of six seasons in Gainesville as a volunteer and an assistant coach. His time at Florida was highlighted by the 1993-94 season that saw the Gators go 29-8 and make a NCAA Final Four appearance. That team also captured the Southeastern Conference East Division title.

In the spring of 1996, Shepherd followed Kruger to the University of Illinois where he served as an assistant coach. Illinois produced 22-10 and 23-10 seasons, won berths in the NCAA Tournament and finished in the Associated Press Top 25 in 1996-97 and 1997-98 at No. 19 and No. 22, respectively. The Illini were also crowned Big Ten champions in 1998 with Shepherd on the bench.

At Illinois his responsibilities included on-the-floor coaching, scouting, recruiting and administering the Fighting Illini summer basketball camps. At Florida, in addition to the same duties he had at Illinois, Shepherd coordinated video operations as it related to practice, games and scouting.

In 1999-00, Shepherd joined the University of Tulsa women's basketball program. The program had a tremendous turnaround while Shepherd was there as it recorded the second most wins in school history going 14-15.

A native of Burlingame, Kan., Shepherd, 41, won 10 varsity letters in three sports at Burlingame High School. He lettered in football (4), basketball (4) and track (2). He attended Allen County Community College in Iola, Kan., and received a bachelor of science degree in social sciences from Kansas State in 1992.

Shepherd is married to the former Allison Wade and the couple has a daughter, Molly, who was born in March.