university have included:
George Childs Jones (1890–1897, 1899–1904)
Cadesman Pope (1897–1899)
John Hartwell Hinemon (1904–1911)
George Henry Crowell (1911–1915)
James Mims Workman (1915–1926)
Clifford Lee Hornaday (1926–1928)
James Warthen Workman (1928–1929)
Joseph Pitts Womack (1929–1939)
Joseph A. Day (1939–1941)
Matt Locke Ellis (1941–1945)
Dean D. McBrien (1945–1963)
M. H. Russell (1963–1969)
Martin B. Garrison (1970–1986)
Charles DeWitt Dunn (1986–2008)
Charles Welch (2008–2011)
Bobby G. Jones (2011–2012, acting president)
Glendell Jones Jr. (2012–2019, last president)
Elaine Kneebone (2019–2020, acting president)
Jim Borsig (2020–2021, acting chancellor)
Charles Ambrose (2021–2023, first chancellor)
Bob Fisher (2023, acting chancellor)
Trey Berry (2024–present)
=== Glen Jones years and subsequent financial crisis ===
Glendell Jones Jr. was named Henderson State University's 17th president on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, and officially assumed presidential duties on July 1, 2012. Jones' tenure as president …
