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Pete Herber

Title:
Assistant Coach
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Phone:
(515) 294-7345

Herber went all out in the 2011-2012 season. Sophomore Hannah Willms chose to compete full time for Herber and no longer pursue volleyball. True freshman Teddy Lampkin, who originally played football for the Cyclones) also decided to stray from the sport in pursuit of track under Herber's coaching. The Cyclone jumpers earned four All-Big 12 honors at the Big 12 indoor meet, including a third-place long jump finish from Lampkin and a fifth-place finish in the heptathlon for junior college transfer Ethan Wilkins.

2010-2011 would prove to be a big year for Herber and the Iowa State jumpers and multi-event specialists. Herber brought in three recruits from Barton Community College while also utilizing the skills of true freshman Hannah Willms who doubled in volleyball and track for her freshman year. Willms earned All-Big 12 honors in the high jump and finished 12th in the event at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning second-team All-America honors. The Cyclone jumps and multi-events group brought home four All-Big 12 performances, including a third-place finish in the pentathlon for Jordon Andreassen.

During the 2009-2010 season, Cyclone high jumper was the lone athlete to earn All-Big 12 honors for the jumps and multi-events coach as he finished sixth at the outdoor conference meet.

In the 2008-09 season, he coached junior Jenna Caffrey and freshman Jordon Andreassen to a fifth (3,582) and eight place (3,410) finishes, respectively, at the 2009 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. Andreassen later went on to finish seventh (4,700) at the 2009 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Herber, a Dubuque native, was named an assistant track coach for jumps and multi-events by head coach Corey Ihmels in September 2007. A former NCAA qualifier in the high jump at Northern Iowa, Herber was the head track coach at Coe (Iowa) College from 2006-2007. In his tenure at Coe, 10 athletes provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships.

Herber elevated the track and field program at Coe, as his competitors broke nine school records. The team's roster grew from 34 to 66 competitors in the two years Herber led the Kohawk program. Prior to assuming the head coaching position, Herber was an assistant coach at Coe from 2001-05 and from 1996-98. During that time he coached Division III national qualifiers in the sprints, hurdles, long jump, triple jump, discus and heptathlon.

Herber, a four-time all-Missouri Valley Conference performer, had a personal high jump best of 7-3 1/4 as a collegiate competitor. He also earned a trip to the NCAA championship, provisionally qualifying three times.

Herber earned a bachelor's degree in general studies from Northern Iowa in 1996. He earned a master's degree in sport science with an emphasis in sport coaching from the United States Sports (Ala.) Academy in 2004. Herber also coached on the high school level in Colorado. Herber and his wife Dawn have a daughter Ellie and a son Tate.