Jase Herl came to Missouri State on April 6, 2018 and begins his fifth year on Dana Ford’s staff in 2022-23.
During his time with the Bears, Herl has helped mentor six All-MVC performers, including five on the first team. Missouri State has finished as Missouri Valley runners-up once (2022) and third place twice (2019 and 2021) in that span with a trip to the NIT in 2022. In addition, five Bears have earned MVC All-Newcomer Team honors and two have claimed All-Defensive Team laurels.
He previously served as an assistant coach at Colorado State from 2016 to 2018, including a short stint as the program’s interim head coach at the end of the 2017-18 campaign.
He helped guide the Rams to a 24-12 record in 2016-17 as well as a runner-up finish in the Mountain West regular season and tournament, and a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. He was also named to Under Armour’s “30 Under 30”, recognizing the up-and-coming 30 assistant basketball coaches under 30 years of age.
During his time at Colorado State, Herl also coached and developed AP All-American and Mountain West Conference Player of the Year Gian Clavell who went on to play with the Dallas Mavericks. He also coached Clavell at Northwest Tech before the tandem parlaying their winning partnership into CSU program records with 13 league wins and seven straight MWC victories during the 2016-17 season.
A native of Goodland, Kan., Herl also served an assistant coach at South Plains College in Texas, where he worked on recruitment, player schedules, academics and daily operations as well as on-court coaching. In the 2015-16 season, he helped the Texans to a 21-9 overall record, a 12-4 finish in conference action and coached four all-conference honorees.
Prior to that, he spent three years as the head coach at Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland, Kan. The first-ever head coach of the program at Northwest Tech, Herl amassed 56 wins and posted a 32-5 record on the Mavs home floor at the Max Jones Fieldhouse. His 56 wins were the most by all head coaches under the age of 30 in the NJCAA by the end of the 2014-15 season.
In three years under Herl’s guidance, the Mavericks placed four players on the All-Region VI team, two NJCAA Region VI All-Tournament Team performers and one Sporting News Juco All-American. His Mavericks posted three victories over NJCAA Top 25 ranked teams and all 14 of his sophomores continued their playing careers at four-year institutions, including the school’s first NCAA Division I signee after the 2013-14 season. In three seasons, Herl had five players sign at the NCAA Division I level and two additional players who played professionally overseas.
Prior to being named the first ever head coach at Northwest Tech, Herl spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach under Jim Heaps at his alma mater Colorado Mesa University (formerly Mesa State College). Herl helped lead the Mavericks to an 18-10 record and an NCAA tournament berth in his lone season on the CMU coaching staff.
As a player at Colorado Mesa University, Herl was an integral part of the 2009 team that reached as high as the No. 9 seed in the NABC/Division II polls, the highest national ranking in school history. He was named to Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference first team as well as RMAC Defensive Player of the Year and RMAC All-Academic Team following his senior season in 2009-10. As a junior, he was a second-team All-RMAC selection after averaging 12.5 points per game and a team high 7.7 rebounds per contest. Upon graduation, he was ranked in the top 13 in five career statistical categories at Colorado Mesa, despite playing just two seasons for the Mavericks. Prior to transferring to Colorado Mesa, Herl played two seasons at Dodge City Community College from 2006-08, where he was a team captain and averaged 10.7 points per game and 5.2 rebounds.
Herl is the all-time leading scorer at Goodland (Kan.) High School with 965 career points. He was named to the all-state team following his senior season when he averaged 15.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
Herl has a daughter, Carter. He was married to his wife, Jacee, in May of 2017, and the couple welcomed their first child, Rowen, in October of 2018.
