Aloysius Henry was promoted as the head men's basketball coach in June of 2022. Henry joined the Methodist men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in the summer of 2015 and worked alongside former head coach, David Smith for the past seven seasons. Henry has helped the Monarchs to four consecutive winning seasons and a 68-44 during his tenure, along with one regular season conference title, a conference tournament championship, and a NCAA Tournament appearance.
He has 10 all-conference selections to his credit, including six first team honorees. In the 2016-17 season, Davion Ayabarreno was selected as a first team all-conference player, becoming the first Monarch to be a first team selection since the 2007-08 season. He was awarded first team honors again in the 2017-18 season, becoming the first Monarch to be honored in consecutive seasons since the 2004-05 season.
In 2018-19, Dante Burden was a second team all-conference selection after leading the Monarchs to a 15-11 record and an appearance in the conference tournament championship. In 2019-20, Burden improved to become a first team all-conference selection, while finishing third in the conference in points per game (18.8) and first in steals (2.5). Burden also helped lead the Monarchs to an 18-11 record and a conference tournament championship en route to the first NCAA Tournament appearance for Methodist since the 2004-05 season. After being named to the All-Tournament team in 2019, Burden became the USA South Tournament MVP in 2020.
In 2020-21, Garren Dearman, along with Burden were named to the first team all-conference selection as the duo averaged 18 points per game and finished in the USA South top 10 in points per game. During the next season, (2021-22) Burden continued his all-conference awards streak and earned first team all-conference for his third consecutive year, rounding out his senior season third overall in conference in points per game (18.5) and first overall in steals (3.3 p/g).
A native of St. Lucia, Henry graduated from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Prior to enrolling at UNCG, Henry attended Three Rivers College (Mo.) from 2008-10 and earned an associate’s degree in general education.
While at Three Rivers, Henry played under junior college coaching legend Gene Bess, and helped the team to the NJCAA national championship game. He averaged 11.5 points and 7.3 rebounds in his final season.
He then transferred to UNCG and played two seasons for the Spartans, appearing in 63 games with 36 starts and averaging 7.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game en route to earning a pair of varsity letters.
After graduating, Henry played one season of professional basketball in the Baltic League as a member of Estonia’s KK Parnu before returning stateside and coaching the Cape Fear girl’s varsity team for the 2014-15 season.
