Pete Herrmann
Pete Herrmann (born August 27, 1948)
Teams coached: Navy Midshipmen, Georgia Bulldogs, Young Harris Mountain Lions
Navy record: 63-110 (.364)
Georgia record: 3-9 (.250)
Young Harris record^: 114-102 (.528)
Overall record^: 180-221 (.449)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1987)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 1 (1987)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 1 (1987)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2010-2018 | Young Harris |
| 2009 | Georgia (interim HC) |
| 2003-2009 | Georgia (assoc. HC) |
| 1998-2003 | Western Kentucky (asst) |
| 1994-1998 | Virginia (asst) |
| 1992-1994 | Kansas State (asst) |
| 1986-1992 | Navy |
| 1980-1986 | Navy (asst) |
| 1974-1975 | Hobart College (asst) |
Pete Herrmann Facts
- Peter F. Herrmann
- Born August 27, 1948
- Hometown: town
- Alma Mater: State University of New York at Geneseo (BS, 1970)
- Played baseball and basketball at SUNY Geneseo and was later inducted into the school’s HOF (c/o 1990)
- Started his career coaching JV at Byron-Bergen Central (NY) from 1970-74, then spent one year at D-III Hobart College (NY)
- Spent five seasons as boys basketball coach at Midlakes HS in Clifton Springs, NY, named region Coach of the Year in 1978
- Joined Paul Evans‘ staff as an assistant at the US Naval Academy in 1980, during which time he began coaching eventual Naismith POY and Hall of Famer David Robinson
- Was part of a stretch of three-straight CAA titles and NCAA Tournament berths with Robinson
- The first two (1985-86) were as an assistant and the third was as head coach
- Elevated to head coach in 1986 when Evans left, coaching the Midshipmen for six seasons
- Outside of his first year (Robinson’s last), his teams never again finished above .500
- Was part of a stretch of three-straight CAA titles and NCAA Tournament berths with Robinson
- Spent the next 17 years as a D-I assistant, first at Kansas State (under Dana Altman), then at Virginia (under Jeff Jones) and then working under Dennis Felton at both Western Kentucky and Georgia
- With UGA, Herrmann was associate head coach and in 2009 was named interim head coach to lead the Bulldogs for the final 12 games after Felton’s firing (going 3-9)
- In 2010, Herrmann was hired to restart the basketball program at D-II Young Harris College in Georgia
- He went 114-102 in eight seasons as head coach before retiring in 2018
- Along with his wife, Sharon, has one daughter, Lisa
Pete Herrmann Coaching Tree
- Emmett Davis (Colgate)
- Doug Wojcik (College of Charleston, Tulsa)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
