Background
His son Ryan Herrion was one of his father"s players at UNH from 2008 through 2012 and was director of operations and video coordinator for the Wildcats from 2013 to 2015.
His son Ryan Herrion was one of his father"s players at UNH from 2008 through 2012 and was director of operations and video coordinator for the Wildcats from 2013 to 2015.
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 and Drexel University. He has been an assistant with Boston University, George Washington University, and the United States. National Team.
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, first at Drexel and subsequently at East Carolina and UNH. He is one of the most successful men"s coaches in the history of the America East Conference. 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)
His career coaching record, as of the end of the 2010-2011 season, is 308–276. College Coaching Record.