Jackrabbit men’s basketball lead assistant Bryan Petersen will take over the head coaching position, Athletic Director Justin Sell announced Saturday.

Petersen, who has been on the men’s basketball staff for six years, will be the program’s 23^rd head coach, taking over for Eric Henderson, who left to take the head coaching job at Drake.

“I couldn’t be more excited and grateful to have the opportunity to lead the Jackrabbit men’s basketball program,” Petersen said in a release. “The vision and core values of SDSU align perfectly for both myself and my family.”

Before coming to SDSU, Petersen was the men’s basketball head coach at Kirkwood Community College leading the program to the 2016 and 2019 NJCAA Division II Championships and recording a 157-38 overall record. Petersen was selected as regional and national coach of the year in both seasons.

“Bryan has stood out to me since he joined our athletic department,” Sell said in a release. “The relationships he has built with the student-athletes he works with is evident.”

Prior to his head coaching stint, he spent a season as an assistant at Kirkwood, following three years as a graduate assistant at Iowa State under Greg McDermott (2009-10) and Fred Hoiberg (2010-12). He also played two years in the Cyclones program, starting 64 consecutive games for ISU and scoring 97 career 3-pointers after spending his first two at Kirkwood.

A press conference to introduce Petersen will be held on Friday, April 4, at 10 a.m.