Jase Herl

Biography

Jase Herl was hired as an assistant coach on head coach Ross Hodge's first staff at WVU in April 2025. Herl, a native of Goodland, Kansas, spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at North Texas. Herl has 15 years of coaching experience, including a period as the interim head coach at Colorado State. “Jase is the complete package when it comes to coaching basketball,” Hodge said. “He has a great feel for people and the game of basketball. He impacts all areas of our program, and I am thrilled to have him in Morgantown.” This past season at North Texas, the Mean Green won 27 games and advanced to the semifinals of the NIT. The Mean Green ranked third in the country in scoring defense at 60.1 points per game, 1.5 points behind first-place Houston. UNT had the AAC’s second-most efficient offense and second-most efficient defense. UNT’s 27 wins were the second-most single season wins in school history and the 14 league victories were tied for the third-most league wins in school history. North Texas had five players earn all-conference honors. UNT won 19 games in his first season in 2023-24 and reached the second round of the NIT. The 10 league wins and .555 league winning percentage were both the best by a first-year UNT men’s basketball staff. Herl recruited some of North Texas’ top performers and helped mentor guard Jason Edwards and Atin Wright to first-team all-conference honors. UNT won 46 games in Herl’s two seasons in Denton. “I am extremely blessed to be at West