Current position | |
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Title | Offensive coordinator, tight ends coach |
Team | Purdue |
Conference | Big Ten |
Biographical details | |
Born | Tuttle, Oklahoma, U.S. | July 14, 1975
Playing career | |
1993–1997 | Oklahoma State |
Position(s) | Offensive lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1998 | Kingfisher HS (OK) (assistant) |
1999–2004 | Oklahoma State (TE) |
2005–2008 | LSU (TE) |
2009–2015 | Missouri (OC/OL) |
2016–2018 | Oklahoma State (OL) |
2019–2021 | Texas A&M (OL) |
2022–2024 | USC (OC/OL) |
2025–present | Purdue (OC/TE) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Second-team All-Big 12 (1997) | |
Joshua Aaron Henson (born July 14, 1975) is an American football coach and former offensive lineman who is the current the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach for the Purdue Boilermakers. Henson was previously the offensive coordinator for the Missouri (2013–2015) and the USC Trojans (2022–2024). Henson played college football at Oklahoma State from 1993 to 1997.
Henson was born in Tuttle, Oklahoma. He attended Tuttle High School where he excelled at football and track & field. After graduation from high school, Henson enrolled at Oklahoma State University where he walked-on as a linebacker. He transitioned to an offensive lineman, where he started for the Cowboys, starting for four seasons. As a fifth-year senior in 1997, he led Oklahoma State to the 1997 Alamo Bowl and was a Second-team All-Big 12 Conference player.