Recruiting Areas
National: Ohio, East Dallas
DMV Counties: Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford (Va.)
| Henderson's All-Patriot League Honors |
| Nick Dunneman |
2023 2nd Team |
| Will Kessler |
2023 2nd Team |
| Brock Biestek |
2022 2nd Team |
| Conor Hunt |
2021 2nd Team |
| Ahmad Wilson |
2021 1st Team |
| Ahmad Wilson |
2019 1st Team |
| Brad Hurst |
2019 2nd Team |
| Palmer Nix |
2019 2nd Team |
Trey Henderson joined the Georgetown coaching staff in March 2019. Along with being the team's special teams coordinator, he also works with the safeties from 2019-2022. In 2023, Henderson transitioned to working with the linebackers while remaining the Hoyas special teams coordinator.
In 2023, GU ranked second in punt returns (10.4 ypg) and field goals (.692) going 9-13. Kicker Patrick Ryan also tied the program record for the fifth longest field goal with a 49-yard field goal at Penn.
In 2022, the Hoyas ranked first in punt returns (10.2 ypg) and field goals (.833) going 10-12.
In 2021, Georgetown's special teams ranked second in the Patriot League and 15th in FCS with four blocked kicks, three of which were punts. The punting unit paced the conference in net punting, averaging 38.2 yards per boot. The Blue & Gray also ranked second in red zone defense (82.4%) and third in passing yards allowed (185.2 ypg).
The Hoyas boasted one of the best special teams units in the Patriot League in 2019, leading the lead in punt return average and kickoff coverage. Georgetown was the only PL team to return a punt for a touchdown all season. GU’s safeties helped lead a backfield that ranked fourth nationally in pass efficiency defense and was also top 10 in total defense and scoring defense. The Hoyas had 12 interceptions to rank second in the Patriot League.
Henderson came to the Hilltop after spending 13 years on the coaching staff at William & Mary, most recently working with the safeties and serving as the recruiting coordinator. In 2016, the Tribe defense led the country in fewest passing yards allowed per game (154.2) and ranked fourth in passing efficiency defense (105.16).
He coached four all-conference honors in three seasons with the safeties, including working with the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association co-Defensive Player of the Year and consensus first-team All-American DeAndre Houston-Carson, who was drafted by the Chicago Bears. Henderson also coached 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 with the defensive secondary, Henderson also worked with the Tribe’s specialists, helping four players earn five all-conference honors, including a pair of first-team all-league picks in 2015. Additionally, placekicker 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).
Henderson came to William & Mary in 2006 after serving as the defensive backs and wide receivers coach at Hopewell High School in Virginia 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 2006.
