Hosts Mike O'Larey and Brian Cox welcome Mary Henson and her daughter Lori for a warmand lively conversation about the life and legacy of legendary NMSU basketball coach Lou Henson. Mary traces the arc from the beginning: how she and Lou met working summers at a pea canning plant in Illinois and later married in a Las Cruces courthouse with Lou back at practice later that afternoon.
Lou's early years coaching math and basketball at Las Cruces High School brought three consecutive state championships, and his return to NMSU in 1966 launched the era of the Amazing Aggies, with national rankings, NCAA tournament runs, and the 1970 Final Four. Lori reflects on what it was like growing up in a coaching family, following her father from Williams Gym to the Pan American Center he helped design.
Lou's early years coaching math and basketball at Las Cruces High School brought three consecutive state championships, and his return to NMSU in 1966 launched the era of the Amazing Aggies, with national rankings, NCAA tournament runs, and the 1970 Final Four. Lori reflects on what it was like growing up in a coaching family, following her father from Williams Gym to the Pan American Center he helped design.
The conversation also covers the Hensons' 18-year partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Las Cruces, including the annual community breakfast (now in its 18th year, with NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens as this year's featured speaker) and the new Boys and Girls Club facility being built at the former Video 4 site. The show closes with a discussion of the newly launched Lou and Mary Henson Excellence Fund at NMSU, which replaces the generic Aggie Athletic Club name with one that reflects a family whose roots in Las Cruces run as deep as the program itself.
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