Bill Herrion

{{short description|American college basketball coach (born 1958)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Bill Herrion

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| current_title = Assistant Coach

| current_team = Stonehill

| current_conference = NEC

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|4|6}}

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| alma_mater = Merrimack

| coach_years1 = 1985–1990

| coach_team1 = Boston University (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1990–1991

| coach_team2 = George Washington (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1991–1999

| coach_team3 = Drexel

| coach_years4 = 1999–2005

| coach_team4 = East Carolina

| coach_years5 = 2005–2023

| coach_team5 = New Hampshire

| coach_years6 = 2023–2024

| coach_team6 = Monomoy Regional HS (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 2024–present

| coach_team7 = Stonehill (assistant)

| overall_record = {{winpct|464|472|record=y}}

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| championships = 3 America East tournament (1994–1996)
4 America East regular season (1993–1996)

| awards = 4× America East Coach of the Year (1993, 1995, 1996, 1999)

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William Richard Herrion (born April 6, 1958) is an American college basketball coach. From 2005 to 2023,{{cite web | url=https://unhwildcats.com/news/2023/3/14/MBBHerrionContract.aspx | title=Contract of Head Coach Bill Herrion Not Renewed }} he was the men's head coach at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to coming to UNH, he served as the head coach at East Carolina University and Drexel University. 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.{{cite web|url=http://unhwildcats.com/coaches.aspx?rc=10&path=mbball|title=Bill Herrion|publisher=New Hampshire Wildcats|accessdate=September 5, 2015}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/releases/201506159r9y96|title=Ryan Herrion Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach|date=15 June 2015|publisher=}}

Herrion's brother Tom 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.{{cite news |last1=Jerardi |first1=Dick |title=Herrion knows it isn't going to be easy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63330762/philadelphia-daily-news/ |accessdate=November 15, 2020 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=April 19, 1991|via=Newspapers.com}} Herrion later coached at East Carolina 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhwildcats.com/news/2018/1/10/mens-basketball-herrion-records-400th-career-win-71-67-vs-binghamton.aspx?path=mbball|title=Herrion Records 400th Career Win, 71–67 vs. Binghamton|website=University of New Hampshire|date=10 January 2018 }}

On March 14, 2023, Herrion was fired after 18 seasons as the head coach of UNH.{{cite web |title=Contract of Head Coach Bill Herrion Not Renewed |date=14 March 2023 |url=https://unhwildcats.com/news/2023/3/14/MBBHerrionContract.aspx}}

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Drexel Dragons

| conference= North Atlantic Conference / America East Conference

| startyear = 1991

| endyear = 1999

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1991–92

| name = Drexel

| overall = 16–14

| conference = 9–5

| confstanding = 2nd

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1992–93

| name = Drexel

| overall = 22–7

| conference = 12–2

| confstanding = 1st

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1993–94

| name = Drexel

| overall = 25–5

| conference = 12–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

|championship = confboth

| season = 1994–95

| name = Drexel

| overall = 22–8

| conference = 12–4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1995–96

| name = Drexel

| overall = 27–4

| conference = 17–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1996–97

| name = Drexel

| overall = 22–9

| conference = 16–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1997–98

| name = Drexel

| overall = 13–15

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1998–99

| name = Drexel

| overall = 20–9

| conference = 15–3

| confstanding = 2nd

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Drexel

| overall = {{winpct|167|71|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|103|27|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =East Carolina Pirates

| conference=Colonial Athletic Association

| startyear =1999

| endyear =2001

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1999–2000

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 10–18

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 8th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2000–01

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 14–14

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =East Carolina Pirates

| conference=Conference USA

| startyear =2001

| endyear =2005

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2001–02

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 12–18

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2002–03

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 12–15

| conference = 3–13

| confstanding = 13th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2003–04

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 13–14

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2004–05

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 9–19

| conference = 4–12

| confstanding = 13th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = East Carolina

| overall = {{winpct|70|98|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|28|68|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =New Hampshire Wildcats

| conference=America East Conference

| startyear =2005

| endyear =2023

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2005–06

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 12–17

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2006–07

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 10–20

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = T-6th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2007–08

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 9–20

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2008–09

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 14–16

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2009–10

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 13–17

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2010–11

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 12–18

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2011–12

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 13–16

| conference = 7–9

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2012–13

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 9–20

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 7th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2013–14

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 6–24

| conference = 4–12

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2014–15

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 19–13

| conference = 11–5

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = CIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2015–16

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 20–13

| conference = 11–5

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason = CIT Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2016–17

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 20–12

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = T–3rd

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2017–18

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 10–21

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = T–6th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2018–19

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 5–24

| conference = 3–13

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2019–20

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 15–15

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2020–21

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 10–9

| conference = 9–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2021–22

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 15–13

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2022–23

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = 15–15

| conference = 9–7

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = New Hampshire

| overall = {{winpct|227|303|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|133|163|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{winpct|464|472|record=y}}

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References

External links

[http://unhwildcats.com/coaches.aspx?rc=10&path=mbball New Hampshire bio]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050320221345/http://www.ecupirates.com/index.php?well_id=2&url_publish_channel_id=1182 East Carolina bio]
[https://web.archive.org/web/19990209113751/http://www.drexel.edu/Sports/Web%20Pages/mens%20basketball/mens_basketball_page.html#MEET%20THE%20COACH Drexel Dragons bio]

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