Deonte Henderson - Staff Directory
Deonte Henderson
- Title:
- Women's Basketball Graduate Assistant
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Deonte Henderson was named a Toledo women's basketball graduate assistant in August 2026.
Henderson returned to his hometown after several years of coaching, training and player performance work in California. This included coaching a local high school team and spending four seasons with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
The Toledo native spent four years with the Sparks in various roles. He was a practice player in his first two years and was later a basketball operations and player development intern, along with an assistant player development coach. In his roles with the Sparks, Henderson focused on player development and evaluation, tailored individual training sessions and warmups and executed player development plans. He also managed team attendants and prepared practice players for training.
Henderson was also a varsity assistant coach at Redondo Union High School, where he guided the team to an appearance in the Division I playoffs in 2024-25, and later to the CIF Southern Section open division in 2025-26.
In previous roles, Henderson worked with Open Gym Premier and Second Spectrum. His roles included live in-game stats and database management for prep players and analytics management of the NBA, MLS and Premier League. He also recently launched a player development company, Game Speed Development in February.
Henderson graduated from California State Dominguez Hills University (Carson, Calif.) with a bachelor's degree in public relations and advertising in 2024. He and his wife Tori have two daughters – Soraya and Phoenix.
Henderson returned to his hometown after several years of coaching, training and player performance work in California. This included coaching a local high school team and spending four seasons with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
The Toledo native spent four years with the Sparks in various roles. He was a practice player in his first two years and was later a basketball operations and player development intern, along with an assistant player development coach. In his roles with the Sparks, Henderson focused on player development and evaluation, tailored individual training sessions and warmups and executed player development plans. He also managed team attendants and prepared practice players for training.
Henderson was also a varsity assistant coach at Redondo Union High School, where he guided the team to an appearance in the Division I playoffs in 2024-25, and later to the CIF Southern Section open division in 2025-26.
In previous roles, Henderson worked with Open Gym Premier and Second Spectrum. His roles included live in-game stats and database management for prep players and analytics management of the NBA, MLS and Premier League. He also recently launched a player development company, Game Speed Development in February.
Henderson graduated from California State Dominguez Hills University (Carson, Calif.) with a bachelor's degree in public relations and advertising in 2024. He and his wife Tori have two daughters – Soraya and Phoenix.
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