| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Minot State |
| Conference | NSIC |
| Record | 1–1 (.500) |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1991 | Waldorf |
| 1991–1993 | Winona State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1997 | North Iowa Area CC (assistant) |
| 1997–1998 | Lincoln Memorial (assistant) |
| 1998–2000 | Waldorf |
| 2000–2006 | North Dakota (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Florida Southern (assistant) |
| 2007–2009 | Omaha (assistant) |
| 2009–2011 | UMary |
| 2011–2015 | Omaha (assistant) |
| 2015–2020 | Green Bay (assistant) |
| 2020–2022 | Minot State (assistant) |
| 2022–2025 | North Dakota (assistant) |
| 2025–present | Minot State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 73–47 (.608) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA DII) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Randall Herbst is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at Minot State University. [1]
Herbst 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]
Herbst'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]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldorf ()(1998–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | Waldorf | 19–12 | |||||||
| 1999–00 | Waldorf | 15–15 | |||||||
| Waldorf: | 34–27 (.557) | ||||||||
| UMary (NSIC)(2009–2011) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | UMary | 15–13 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2010–11 | UMary | 23–6 | 18–4 | 2nd | NCAA DII first round | ||||
| UMary: | 38–19 (.667) | 29–13 (.690) | |||||||
| Minot State (NSIC)(2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025–26 | Minot State | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Minot State: | 1–1 (.500) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 73–47 (.608) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
Herbst 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]