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Thoughts on him replacing Hodge? ----------------------- Jase Herl was hired to the Mean Green men's basketball coaching staff on April 28, 2023 to be on head coach Ross Hodge's first staff. Herl enters the 2024-25 season with 14 years of coaching experience including one season as the interim head coach at Colorado State. In Herl's first season on the Mean Green staff UNT won 19 total games and reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. North Texas posted a 10-8 league record In what was its first season in the American Athletic Conference. The 10 league wins and .555 league winning percentage were both the best by a first-year UNT men's basketball staff. Herl recruited and helped mentor guard Jason Edwards to first-team all-conference honors as he scored 650 total points, which was the fifth-most in a single season in program history. UNT in 2023-24 overcame significant injuries to three starters and had notable wins over LSU, Memphis, Northern Iowa and SMU. The Mean Green featured the league's best and the nation's No. 12 scoring defense as they held opponents to 63.8 points per game. Offensively, North Texas led the league in 3-point shooting as they shot 37.7 percent from deep. It was the nation's 14th best 3-point field goal percentage. The Mean Green earned an at-large bid to the 2024 NIT where they defeated LSU on the road, 84-77, in the first round. UNT was the only team in the NCAA Tournament or NIT led by a head coach in his first season as a NCAA head coach. He joined UNT after five seasons at Missouri State where he helped guide the Bears to 17+ wins in each of the last three seasons including 23 wins in 2021-22. During his time with the Bears, Herl helped mentor 15 All-MVC performers. Missouri State finished as Missouri Valley runners-up in 2022 and in third place in 2019 and 2021. They earned a trip to the NIT in 2022. Missouri State, similar to North Texas, had been one of the top defenses in the nation over the previous seasons. The Bears held opponents to just 63.2 points per game his final season on staff. From 2016-18 he was an assistant coach at Colorado State and served as the Rams' interim head coach in 2018 at just 30 years old. He led CSU to a 90-78 win over San Jose State in his first game as interim head coach. Herl also spent time as a DII and junior college coach. In 2015-16 he was an assistant coach at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, where he helped lead the Texans to a 21-9 overall record and 12-4 record in conference. Prior to South Plains, Herl was the inaugural head coach at Northwest Kansas Tech College in his hometown of Goodland, Kansas. In three seasons as the Mavericks head coach, he led them to 56 total wins. His 56 wins were the most by all active NJCAA head coaches under the age of the 30 at the time. The Mavericks went 32-5 at home during his three years. While at Northwest Kansas Tech, Herl coached future Dallas Maverick guard Gian Clavell who transferred to Colorado State and played for Hodge while he was on the Rams' staff. Herl's coaching career began at his alma mater Colorado Mesa, where he graduated from in 2010. Herl served as an assistant coach after graduating and helped guide Colorado Mesa to the 2011 NCAA DII Tournament. Jase Herl Coaching History 2023-present: North Texas Assistant Coach 2018-23: Missouri State Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach 2016-18: Colorado State Interim Head Coach and Assistant Coach 2015-16: South Plains College Assistant Coach 2013-15: Northwest Kansas Tech Head Coach 2010-13: Colorado Mesa Assistant Coach https://meangreensports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/jase-herl/843