A 13-year veteran of the Tribe’s staff, Trey Henderson enters his third season as safeties coach and his fifth as recruiting coordinator.
Henderson’s unit established itself among the nation’s elite groups in 2016, as the Tribe defense led the country in fewest passing yards allowed per game (154.2) and ranked fourth in passing efficiency defense (105.16).
In addition to the secondary’s collective success, players have thrived individually under Henderson’s tutelage as his group has earned four all-conference honors during the past three seasons. Highlighting those standouts was DeAndre Houston-Carson, who was selected as the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association co-Defensive Player of the Year and garnered consensus first-team All-America honors en route to being drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Bears.
Prior to assuming his current role, Henderson assisted with the defensive backs and helped develop some of the nation’s premier players at the position who went on to careers in the NFL. Along with Houston-Carson, those benefiting from his guidance include cornerback Derek Cox (third round draft pick by Jacksonville Jaguars in 2009), cornerback B.W. Webb (fourth round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 2013) and safety Jerome Couplin III (free agent signee by the Detroit Lions).
In addition to his role as the defensive backs coach, Henderson has also worked with the Tribe’s specialists. During that time, he has helped four specialists garner five all-conference honors, including a pair of first-team all-league picks in 2015. Additionally, place kicker Nick Dorka, Jr., garnered multiple All-America honors in 2015 after ranking fourth nationally in field goals made per game (1.62), 10th in field goal percentage (.840) and 11th in scoring (8.5). Additionally, former all-conference punter Hunter Windmuller was invited to the Washington Redskins rookie mini camp.
In his time on campus, Henderson has gathered a wide-range of experience in working with both sides of the ball and has been heavily involved in collecting, editing and preparing practice and game footage for the staff, using the team’s DVSport software editing system. A former video coordinator at W&M, he also played a lead role in helping to organize and implement the program’s networked video editing systems in the Joe Pumilia Audio/Visual Suite.
Henderson came to Williamsburg in 2006 after serving as the defensive backs and wide receivers coach at Hopewell High School for three seasons, which included an AAA State Championship in 2003.
A four-year letterwinning defensive back at Randolph-Macon College, Henderson started three years in the secondary and was the Yellow Jackets’ co-captain in 2001, while also spending three seasons on the baseball team. He received his Bachelor of Arts in economics and business from RMC in 2002 and completed a Master’s of Science in Sport Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University in December of 2006.
Henderson resides in Williamsburg with his wife, Summers, and their sons, Claytor (9) and Corbin (5).
In addition to organizing and coordinating the Tribe’s recruiting efforts, Henderson serves as W&M’s primary recruiter in Southwest Virginia, Eastern North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri.
