Louisburg College Men's Baseball

Herring also helped tutor Chris Armstrong to second team All-SAC honors.  Armstrong was second in the league in strikeouts as well.  In his first year in Jeff City, Herring helped tutor Robbie Thigpen to a SAC Gold Glove.  Before Herrings first coaching experience at Louisburg, he was an assistant coach at Millbrook High School in Raleigh, N.C. from 2007-08.  Herring also had a successful playing career on the diamond. A 2003 graduate of Greene Central High School in Snow Hill, N.C., Herring was an All-State performer and was selected Conference Player of the Year.  He also played football and was a two-time all-area and all-conference selection. He went on to play two seasons at Lenoir Community College in Kinston, N.C., where he led the Lancers to a fifth place finish in the NJCAA Division II World Series during his freshman campaign. Herring wrapped up his career playing the 2006 and 2007 seasons at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C. He led the team in wins, innings pitched, starts and complete games both seasons and led the Atlantic Sun Conference in complete games in 2007. Herring has continued his education and earned his Master's in Kinesiology from Georgia Southern.