Bill Herrion

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Name = Bill Herrion
Sport = Basketball
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College = New Hampshire
Title = Head coach
Awards = America East Coach of the Year (1993, 1995, 1996)
Championships = America East Tournament Championship (1994, 1995, 1996)
America East Regular Season Championship (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
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CoachYears = 1985–1990
1990–1991

1991–1999
1999–2005
2005–2006
2006–present
CoachTeams = Boston University(asst.)
George Washington(asst.)
Drexel
East Carolina
Arkansas(asst.)
New Hampshire
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Bill Herrion (born in 1959) is an American college basketball coach. 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 U.S. National Team.

He is one of the most successful men's coaches in the history of the America East Conference. The Drexel Dragons won 3 conference championships in a row under Herrion's leadership from 1994 to 1996. 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 Mike 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 2005-2006 season is 249-187.

He is a 1981 graduate of Merrimack College.

Bill's brother Tom Herrion formerly served in the NCAA's Division I as the head men's basketball coach at the College of Charleston. Tom currently (as of 2008) is an assistant coach elsewhere in Division I.

External links

* [http://www.unhwildcats.com/bbmen/coaches.shtml Official UNH bio]