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Jase Herl is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team. Herl was the interim head coach of the Colorado State Rams men's basketball team in 2018.

College career
After playing basketball at Goodland High School, where he was Goodland's all-time leading scorer, Herl first attended Dodge City Community College to play basketball there. After two years at Dodge City, Herl transferred to play basketball at Colorado Mesa University. In his senior year there, Herl was named to the All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference first team.

Coaching career
Herl first began coaching at Colorado Mesa, being an assistant coach there from 2010 to 2013. Following his time at Colorado Mesa, Herl became the first head coach of the Northwest Kansas State basketball program, taking over in its inaugural season. In two seasons at Northwest Kansas State, Herl achieved 56 wins. Herl then became an assistant coach at South Plains College, serving there for one year. In 2016, Herl was hired as an assistant coach for Colorado State basketball. Near the end of the 2017–18 season, previous interim head coach Steve Barnes was dismissed, and Herl was appointed interim head coach for the remaining six games. Herl went 1–5 in those last games to finish the season for Colorado State. After his stint at Colorado State, Herl joined Missouri State as an associate basketball coach. Herl served there for five years before joining North Texas as an assistant coach in 2023.