Tom Herman

Thomas Herman III is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin from 2017 to 2020. Before that, he served as the head coach at University of Houston from 2015 to 2016. In 2011, Urban Meyer selected Herman as his offensive coordinator for the Buckeyes.

About Tom Herman in brief

Summary Tom HermanThomas Herman III is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin from 2017 to 2020. Before that, he served as the head coach at University of Houston from 2015 to 2016. Herman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Simi Valley, California. He earned his B. S. in Business Administration from California Lutheran University in 1997, where he was a Presidential Scholarship recipient and cum laude graduate. At California Lutheran he was an All-Southern California Athletic Conference wide receiver. He also earned a master’s degree from the University Of Texas atAustin. He is a graduate assistant at Texas Lutheran and Sam Houston State. Herman joined Iowa State as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2005.

In 2011, Urban Meyer selected Herman as his offensive coordinator for the Buckeyes. On December 9, 2014, after leading Ohio State’s fourth ranked offense to their first national title since 2002, Herman was awarded the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach. In the 2015 season, he led his 21st-ranked team to an 11–1 start and the Western Division title in the American Athletic Conference. In 2016, Herman’s second season with Houston, the Cougars slipped to a 9–3 regular-season record. On November 27, 2016, Houston’s final contest of the regular season was a 27-4 victory over the Texas Longhorns, which included unblemished marks in games at TDECU Stadium.