Esian Henderson

Esian Henderson, born and raised in Kansas City, MO, retired from his professional basketball career in 2018 after playing overseas for nearly a decade with BDA Europe. Esian has always wanted to share his knowledge with youth athletes to help them achieve their dreams and created Inspire Basketball Camps in 2016 to provide kids the opportunity to work with an extensive network of talented players, trainers, and coaches, with an emphasis on education. With his expertise playing abroad as well as his experience coaching the 2018 Nike Basketball Camp Tour in Spain, Coach Henderson will give your son the tools and knowledge he'll need to prepare for the Australian competition.

Esian attended the University of Central Missouri (UCM) and competed in the 2009 Division II Final Four, falling one game short of the Division II National Championship Game. He graduated UMC with a a B.A. in Corporate Communication (2007-2009).

After graduating, Esian moved on to play professionally in Europe and has since received numerous awards such as eurobasket.com player of the week numerous times, league MVP, Forward of the Year, Championships and one Finals MVP.

Esian is a product of a small college player that got the most out of his ability and, through Inspire Basketball, is sharing his knowledge with youth athletes to help them achieve their dreams. The goal of Inspire Basketball is to help kids understand what it takes to play at the next level.

Professional Athlete, BDA Europe (Agency) — 2009-2018

Since finishing at The University of Central Missouri in 2009, Esian has been employed as a professional basketball player in Europe. He has been contracted to play in 10 different countries throughout Europe since that time, competing at the highest level. He has played for the following teams throughout his career:

• E.S. Rades; Tunis, Tunisia (2009)
• Astrum Levice; Levice Slovakia (2011/2012)
• ZTE Zalakaramia; Zalaegerszeg, Hungary (2012)
• LF Basket; Lulea, Sweden (2013)
• Iowa Energy, Des Moines, Iowa; NBA D-League/MMcite Brno; Brno, Czech Republic (2014)
• Istanbul DSI; Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
• Bondi Ferrara; Ferrara, Italy 2016
• Tampereen Pyrintö; Tampere, Finland 2016-17
• Panionios; Athens, Greece 2017
• Soproni KC; Sopron, Hungary 2017-18