The 2017-18 season will be Jenny Heringer’s fifth season serving as assistant coach for the MSUB women’s basketball team.
Heringer has helped the Yellowjackets reach the NCAA Division II West Region Championships in two of her three seasons as an assistant, including most recently in 2015-16 with an overall record of 21-11 and a mark of 15-5 in GNAC play.
Heringer was previously a varsity assistant coach at Billings Central Catholic High School. At Central, she helped with both individual and team development, and provided on-the-floor coaching. Heringer played an important role to the success of Central’s program, which boasted a state championship in 2011-12 and a second-place state finish in 2012-13.
In addition to coaching at Central, Heringer provided private basketball lessons to youth athletes in the Billings area. She helped players develop personal goals, create individualized training programs, and track improvement. Heringer also helped players produce recruiting profiles and continued to support players during their college careers. She has worked and coordinated basketball camps ranging from the youth to collegiate (Division I) level.
Heringer played at MSU Billings during the 2010-11 season, where she averaged 11.6 points and five rebounds per game. She shot 42 percent from the field while registering 37 assists and 19 steals. During her brief time as a Yellowjacket, Heringer earned academic all-conference honors and was named the team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player.
Prior to her tenure at MSUB, Heringer spent three seasons at Montana State University (Bozeman), averaging nine points and five rebounds per game. She earned second team all-Big Sky Conference honors, numerous Big Sky Player-of-the-Week plaudits and multiple selections to the Big Sky Conference all-academic team. Heringer graduated from MSU with a degree in business marketing and a minor in business management.
Originally from Billings, Heringer attended Billings Central Catholic High School, where she still holds the school’s single game scoring record of 39 points. She is ranked No. 1 all time in assists and No. 2 all time in points and rebounds. Heringer garnished the following accolades throughout her interscholastic career: Gatorade Player of the Year, Miss Basketball for the state of Montana, Wendy’s Heisman Honorable Mention, Billings Midland Roundtable Athlete of the Year Nominee, Street & Smith Magazine Honorable Mention and Montana State A Most Valuable Player.
Jenny is the daughter of Bucky and Geri Heringer and sibling to Travis, Kelcy and Tanner Heringer.
