Henry married his college sweetheart, Elsie, on September 6,1958. He enrolled at Linfield College that fall and played middle guard for two seasons. As a senior, Henry was named second team Little All-West Coast. He earned a bachelor's degree from Linfield in December of 1960 and a master's from Oregon State. He then was hired at a Hillsboro High School to be the freshman football coach and teach mathematics. The following year, Henry was promoted to varsity line coach. Hillsboro won the 1966 Oregon State Championship and went to the semi-finals in 1967.
When his Hillsboro coach (Ad Rutschman) was hired by Linfield, Henry came to Linfield to teach math and be an assistant football coach for his mentor. He was an assistant coach for 23 years from 1969 to 1991 and also served as the head wrestling coach for five years.
In 2000, Henry was elected to the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame. In his Linfield bio, Henry is praised as an individual of "competence and character". He developed a relationship of trust, based on respect, credibility and integrity with players and fellow coaches.
"Henry is a very honest person with great respect, credibility and integrity," said Rutschman. "He is very loyal, unselfish, dedicated and determined. His strong relationship with players and coaches is built on trust."
After finishing his career in 1991, Henry continued to work at the school as director of the Linfield Academic Computing Center. Of his coaching career, Henry said "I am most proud of being a part of a program that emphasized building character and teaching players how to be successful in life."
Congratulations, Ted, on your great career, and for living the kind of life that we all can be proud of.
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