Randall Herbst
Randall Herbst is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at Minot State University.[1] Early lifeHerbst attended Beaver Dam High School in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.[1][2] He then went on to play collegiate basketball and baseball at Waldorf Junior College (now Waldorf University).[3] In 1991 he was named as Waldorf's Male Athlete of the Year and also as an academic All-American.[2] He then went on to attend Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, where he also played basketball and baseball.[3][1] While there he helped led the Warriors to the semifinal round of the 1992 NAIA World Series.[4] Herbst graduated from Winona State University in 1993 with a degree in physical education.[2] Coaching careerHerbst's first coaching opportunity came at North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, Iowa, where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach.[5] While there he helped lead the Trojans to the 1995 NJCAA Division II men's basketball championship.[5][6] He then spent one season as an assistant at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee before receiving his first collegiate head coaching job at Waldorf Junior College in 1998.[5][1] He spent two seasons with the Warriors, compiling an overall record of 34–27.[1] Herbst was then hired as an assistant coach at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota under head coach Rich Glas.[1] While there he helped coach Jerome Beasley, who was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat.[1][7] After Glas left to be an assistant coach at the University of Northern Iowa, Herbst left and spent one season as an assistant at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.[8] He then spent two season as an assistant coach under Derrin Hansen at the University of Nebraska Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.[9][10] Herbst received his second head coaching opportunity in 2009 when he was hired to be the head coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.[10][5][1] He spent two seasons with the Marauders, compiling an overall record of 38–19 (29–13 in the NSIC).[1] During the 2010–11 season, Herbst led the Marauders to a 23–6 overall record (18–4 in the NSIC) and finished second in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.[11][12] In 2011, Herbst returned to the University of Nebraska Omaha as an assistant coach.[1][9] He helped lead the Mavericks as they made the transition to Division I and joined The Summit League.[13] Then, in 2015, he was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[6] While there he helped lead the Phoenix to win the 2016 Horizon League tournament and make the program's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 20 years.[6] In 2020, Herbst was hired as an assistant coach at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota.[1] He spent two seasons with the Beavers before returning to the University of North Dakota to be an assistant coach under Paul Sather.[2] On May 19, 2025, it was announced that Herbst was hired as the next head coach at Minot State University who compete as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.[3] Head coaching record
Personal lifeHerbst graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2005 with a master's degree in sports administration.[1] He has a wife named Kari and two children named Liza and Jude.[1] References
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