William Richard Herrion (born April 6, 1958) is an American
college basketball coach. Since 2005, he has been the men's head coach with the
University of New Hampshire. Prior to coming to UNH, he served as the head coach at
East Carolina University
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina.
Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...
and
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...
. He has been an assistant with
Boston University,
George Washington University, and the U.S. National Team.
Personal life
Herrion is a 1981 graduate of
Merrimack College.
Herrion's son Ryan played for him at UNH from 2008 through 2012, and was director of operations and video coordinator for the Wildcats from 2013 to 2015.
Herrion's brother
Tom
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
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formerly served in the
NCAA's Division I as the head men's basketball coach at the
College of Charleston and an assistant coach at the
University of Pittsburgh. Tom is the former head men's basketball coach at
Marshall University.
Coaching career
Herrion began his college coaching career in 1985 as an assistant under
Mike Jarvis at
Boston University. He followed Jarvis to
George Washington University before striking out on his own as a head coach. In April 1991, Herrion was hired to coach
Drexel after
Dayton assistant Tom McConnell turned down the job. Herrion later coached at
East Carolina
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina.
Founded on March 8, 1907, as a teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from its orig ...
and UNH.
He is one of the most successful men's coaches in the history of the
America East Conference. The
Drexel Dragons won 3 conference championships in a row under Herrion's leadership from 1994 to 1996. In 1998, on the occasion of the conference's 20th anniversary, he was named one of the four most influential coaches in the conference's history: the other three coaches were Jarvis,
Rick Pitino and
Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun. He holds the conference record for most playoff wins (18 with Drexel, 1 with UNH, for a total of 19.)
On December 4, 2010, he won his 300th game when UNH beat
Colgate, 65–60, and earned his 400th career win on January 10, 2018 in a 71–67 win over
Binghamton.
Head coaching record
References
External links
New Hampshire bioEast Carolina bio
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1958 births
Living people
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball coaches
Basketball coaches from Massachusetts
Basketball players from Massachusetts
Boston University Terriers men's basketball coaches
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Drexel Dragons men's basketball coaches
East Carolina Pirates men's basketball coaches
George Washington Colonials men's basketball coaches
Merrimack Warriors men's basketball players
New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball coaches
People from Oxford, Massachusetts
Place of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Worcester County, Massachusetts