Saint Leo University Men's Basketball

Henke was named the Interim head men's basketball coach in May of 2024 for the 2024-25 season following four seasons as an assistant coach on Lance Randall's staff from 2020-24. Henke first arrived at Saint Leo as a graduate assistant (2020–21) and helped lead the Lions to a Sunshine State Conference tournament title in 2021. In the summer of 2021, he was promoted to the head assistant coach and director of recruiting positions. Henke coordinated individual workouts, weekly recruiting and team schedules, and all team travel. On top of this, Henke played a pivotal role in developing scouting reports. Prior to the 2023-24 season, he was one again promoted to associate head coach. Henke is a 2020 graduate of Marquette University in his home state of Wisconsin. The Oshkosh native served as a student manager of the men's basketball team under the direction of former Marquette head coach, Steve Wojciechowski. He graduated from Marquette with a degree in Exercise Physiology. In the fall of 2022, he graduated from Saint Leo with a master's degree in Sports Business. Henke and his wife Emily reside in Dade City with their dog Cookie. 

Hedman was hired as an assistant men's basketball coach on first-year head coach Spencer Henke's inaugural coaching staff in the summer of 2024.  Hedman comes to the Sunshine State from the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he served as the head coach from December 2023 to June of 2024 and helped guide the Nanooks to an 8-18 season as they were just three games away from advancing to the conference tournament. In 2022, Hedman was the head assistant coach for Alaska Fairbanks which included organizing team travel, scouting reports, community engagement, workouts, and the team defensive strategy. From 2018-2022, Hedman served as a volunteer coach for the Nanooks and helped lead them to a Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship title in the 2021-22 campaign while Alaska Fairbanks made it to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Hedman earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2023 from Alaska Fairbanks while serving as a volunteer coach for the Nanooks.

Elijah Ricketts was added to first-year head men's basketball coach Spencer Henke's inaugural coaching staff for the 2024-25 season. Ricketts rejoined the Saint Leo bench where he spent three seasons as a manager for the team. Ricketts served as a basketball student-manager for the Lions for two seasons (2020-2022) and was behind the bench for the SSC Championship in 2021. He graduated from Saint Leo with his bachelor's degree in business administration in 2022. Since his graduation from Saint Leo in 2022, he has served as the JV boys head coach and varsity assistant at Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Fla. In 2022, Ricketts was honored as the Marion County coach of the year. During the summer of 2024, he spent the summer as the head JV boys coach and varsity assistant coach at Windermere High School in Windermere, Fla.