Career
lieutenant was in this time that Herbst signed for reigning Bundesliga champions Football Club Bayern Munich from the youth team of Hertha Zehlendorf. His second, and only other appearance for Bayern, came the following weekend when he replaced Dieter Hoeneß in the 84th minute of a 3–1 loss away to VfL Bochum. In the following season, Herbst"s three goals in 17 games, including a brace in the 3–3 away draw at Football Club Schalke 04, helped Eintracht Braunschweig successfully escape relegation.
In the twilight of his playing career, Thomas Herbst signed for Hertha Zehlendorf in the Regionalliga Nordost and after two years became player-manager.
He couldn"t, however, stop Zehlendorf from being relegated to the Oberliga. He departed the club in 1999.
Herbst became player-manager of Türkiyemspor Berlin in 1999. He played two games for the club and got them promoted back to the Oberliga in his first season as Verbandsliga Berlin champions, and carried on as manager until 2006.
A short spell at the helm of Berlin Alaska 07 saw Herbst return to Türkiyemspor for one more season, before moving to Tennis Borussia Berlin on 1 July 2008.
In his first season at the Mommsenstadion he guided TeBe to the 2009 NOFV-Oberliga Nord title, becoming division champions after winning 23 out of 30 games, beating runners-up Berliner Football Club Dynamo by 18 points and only marginally losing out on being crowned Berliner Landespokal winners after a 2–1 final defeat to 1. Football Club Union Berlin at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. After Tennis Borussia"s financial difficulties in 2010, Herbst left the club
On 1 July 2011 he became first team manager at fellow Berliner club BFC Viktoria 1889.
Player Manager.