Tom Herrion

Tom Herrion
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Georgia Tech
Biographical details
Born	(1967-11-13) November 13, 1967 Oxford, Massachusetts
Playing career
1985–1986	Merrimack
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1987	Merrimack (asst.)
1987–1989	Cambridge RLS (asst.)
1989–1994	Merrimack (asst.)
1994–1998	Providence (asst.)
1998–2002	Virginia (asst.)
2002–2006	College of Charleston
2007–2010	Pittsburgh (asst./assoc. HC)
2010–2014	Marshall
2014–2016	Georgia Tech (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	147–105
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SoCon Regular Season Championship (2003)

Tom Herrion (born November 13, 1967) is a former American college basketball assistant coach for Georgia Tech. He also previously severed as head basketball coach at Marshall University and at the College of Charleston.^[1]

Personal life

Born in Oxford, Massachusetts, Herrion received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Merrimack College in 1989. As an undergrad at Merrimack, he competed in both basketball and baseball and worked as a student assistant coach in 1986–87. He also served two seasons as the junior varsity coach at Cambridge Ridge and Latin High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A native of Oxford, Massachusetts, Herrion was a three-year letter-winner in both basketball and baseball at Oxford High School.

Herrion hails from a coaching family. His father, the late Jim Herrion, was a successful high school coach in the New York City Catholic League before becoming an assistant coach at Holy Cross and later the head coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His older brother Bill Herrion is currently the head basketball coach at the University of New Hampshire (2005–present). Bill has also served head coaching stints at both East Carolina (1999–2005) and Drexel University (1991–99).

Coaching career

Herrion's collegiate coaching experience includes assistant stints at the University of Virginia (1999–2002), Providence College (1994–98) and NCAA Division II Merrimack College (1989–94). He spent eight seasons under Pete Gillen at both Virginia and Providence. In his four seasons at Virginia, Herrion helped Gillen orchestrate a 70–50 (58%) record and three postseason appearances. His main responsibilities included recruitment of student-athletes, scheduling and scouting of opponents and assisting with practice planning and game preparation. Additionally, the Cavaliers' recruiting classes were ranked among the nation's top-10 in three of his four seasons with the program. At Providence under Gillen, the Friars put together a 72–53 (58%) four-year record including a berth in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight and two NIT appearances.

Herrion also served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Merrimack College, from 1989 to 1994. During that time, he helped guide Merrimack to two NCAA Division II tournament appearances.

College of Charleston

As a head coach, Tom spent four seasons at the College of Charleston. From 2002 to 2006, Herrion compiled an 80–38 (68%) four-year record, earned a national top-25 ranking, guided his team to the 2003 National Invitation Tournament and achieved the best winning percentage in the Southern Conference during that period. His first Cougar team in 2002–03 finished 25–8, captured the Great Alaska Shootout title and advanced to the NIT. His 25 victories marked the highest total of any first-year NCAA Division I head coach during the 2002–03 season. Herrion also guided the Cougars to a 20–9 finish in 2003–04, 18–10 performance in 2004–05 and 17–11 record in 2005–06.

University of Pittsburgh

In the spring of 2007, Tom arrived at the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant to head coach Jamie Dixon. Tom was later promoted to the position of associate head coach at Pittsburgh where his main responsibilities included recruiting student-athletes, game preparation and on-floor coaching. Tom assisted head coach Jamie Dixon in leading Pitt to the NCAA tournament during his three-year stint that included a 2009 run to the "Elite Eight" in 2009, a year that saw the Panthers earn their first-ever no. 1 rankings in the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll, their first-ever victories over a no. 1 ranked team (UConn, twice), and their first ever no. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (East Region). During the 2007–08 season, Tom helped Jamie Dixon lead Pitt to win the Big East Tournament. In the 2009–10 season, he aided Dixon in a solid season; losing to Notre Dame in their first Big East Tournament game, and then exiting the NCAA's in a second round loss to Xavier.

Marshall University

Herrion was announced April 10, 2010 as the 28th head coach of men's basketball at Marshall University.^[2]

In 2012, Herrion coached the Thundering Herd to the National Invitational Tournament for the first time since 1988.^[3]

On March 14, 2014, Marshall announced it had bought out the remaining 2-years of Herrion's contract. Herrion went 67-67 in four seasons but just 24-41 in his final two years. Marshall Athletic Director Mike Hamrick said "We just didn't win enough games." Herrion's buyout will be around $550,000.^[4]

Georgia Tech

On September 18, 2014, Herrion was hired by Georgia Tech head coach Brian Gregory as an assistant coach.^[5]

Broadcasting career

Herrion spent the 2006–07 year working as a television commentator for both ESPN Regional and Comcast, providing analysis for Conference USA games. He also worked as a collegiate player development consultant at the Nike All-American Camp and Michael Jordan Flight School before becoming the assistant head coach at Pittsburgh.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
College of Charleston (Southern Conference) (2002–2006)
2002–03	Charleston	25–8	13–3	1st (south)	NIT Second Round
2003–04	Charleston	20–9	11–5	T–1st (south)
2004–05	Charleston	18–10	10–6	2nd (south)
2005–06	Charleston	17–11	9–6	3rd (south)
College of Charleston:		80–38	43–20
Marshall (Conference USA) (2010–2014)
2010–11	Marshall	22–12	9–7	6th	CIT First Round
2011–12	Marshall	21–14	9–7	6th	NIT First Round
2012–13	Marshall	13–19	6–10	9th
2013–14	Marshall	11–22	4–12	15th
Marshall:		67–67	28–36
Total:		147–105
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ Herrion ready to restart his career. ESPN. May 28, 2010.
↑ Tom Herrion Named Head Basketball Coach at Marshall. HerdZone.com. April 10, 2010.
↑ Thundering Herd headed to NIT. Herald-Dispatch. March 11, 2012.
↑ Marshall buys out Tom Herrion. ESPN.com. March 14, 204.
↑ Gregory completes staff with former Marshall HC, promotes Dollar. ajc.com. September 18, 2014.

College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1898–1901)
No team (1901–1912)
Unknown (1912–1918)
No team (1918–1919)
Unknown (1919–1920)
Vine McCormick (1920–1922)
A. C. Jervey (1922–1923)
Carl Fudge (1923–1924)
Alfred von Kolnitz (1924–1926)
Frank Myers (1926–1930)
Doc Morse (1930–1933)
Ernest Wehman (1933–1942)
Gerald McMahon (1942–1943)
Willard Silcox (1943–1944)
Buck Bierfischer (1944–1946)
Henry Anderson (1946–1948)
Willard Silcox (1948–1953)
Vincent Price (1953–1955)
Willard Silcox (1955–1956)
Bernard Puckhaber (1956–1957)
Ernest Wehman (1957–1958)
Jerry Callahan (1958–1960)
Archie Jenkins (1960–1962)
Pat Harden (1962–1968)
Fred Daniels (1968–1970)
Alan LeForce (1970–1979)
John Kresse (1979–2002)
Tom Herrion (2002–2006)
Bobby Cremins (2006–2012)
Mark Byington # (2012)
Doug Wojcik (2012–2014)
Earl Grant (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball head coaches

L. B. Crotty (1906–1908)
Boyd Chambers (1908–1910)
No team (1910–1911)
Boyd Chambers (1911–1914)
No team (1914–1918)
Arch Reilly (1918–1919)
No team (1919–1920)
Skeeter Shelton (1920–1921)
Herbert Cramer (1921–1922)
J. E. R. Barnes (1922–1923)
Bill Strickling (1923–1924)
Russell Meredith (1924–1925)
Charles Tallman (1925–1926)
Bill Strickling (1926–1927)
Johnny Stuart (1927–1931)
Tom Dandelet (1931–1935)
Cam Henderson (1935–1955)
Jule Rivlin (1955–1963)
Ellis T. Johnson (1963–1969)
Stewart Way (1969–1971)
Carl Tacy (1971–1972)
Bob Daniels (1972–1977)
Stu Aberdeen (1977–1979)
Bob Zuffelato (1979–1983)
Rick Huckabay (1983–1989)
Dana Altman (1989–1990)
Dwight Freeman (1990–1994)
Billy Donovan (1994–1996)
Greg White (1996–2003)
Ron Jirsa (2003–2007)
Donnie Jones (2007–2010)
Tom Herrion (2010–2014)
Dan D'Antoni (2014– )

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