Colorado State University Athletics

Men's Basketball

Jase Herl
Jase Herl
Jase Herl is in his second year as an assistant coach with the Colorado State men's basketball team. Last year, Herl was a part of CSU's 24-12 record, 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.

A native of Goodland, Kan., Herl most recently was an assistant coach at South Plains College in Texas, where he spent the last season working 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, 12-4 in conference action and coached four All-Conference honorees, including current CSU player Che Bob.

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 have posted three victories over NJCAA Top 25 ranked teams and all fourteen of his sophomores continued their playing careers at four-year institutions, including the school's first NCAA Division I signee, CSU's Gian Clavell following the 2013-14 season. In three seasons, Herl had five players sign at the NCAA Division I level. Two additional former Mavericks have 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. Herl was named to Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference First Team as well as Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-Academic First Team following his senior season in 2009-10. Following his junior season at CMU he was named to the 2nd Team All-RMAC after averaging 12.5 points per game and a team high 7.7 rebounds per contest. Upon graduation, Herl was ranked in the top 13 in five career statistical categories at Colorado Mesa University 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 also the all-time leading scorer at Goodland High School (965 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. He was also a member of the National Honor Society and named to the Supreme Honor Roll. Herl is also the proud father of Carter Herl, who is five years old.