Blake Herring begins his fourth season as the Eagles' pitching coach.

In 2013, Herring 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. 

The Eagles have led the league in defense stolen base percentage and fewest attempts against the last two seasons thanks to the prowess of C-N's battery.  

From Herring's first year to the start of the 2015 seasons, the Eagles have seen their team ERA and opponents' batting average drop by three-quarters of a run and 30 points, respectively.  

Herring comes to Mossy Creek after serving as pitching coach at Louisburg Junior College in Louisburg, N.C. from 2008-11. Herring’s pitching staff was among the league's leaders in both earned run average and strikeouts during his time at Louisburg. He also coached the 2010 and 2011 Region 10 Pitcher of the Year.  One winner of that award went on to pitch for the South Carolina Gamecocks, the other was drafted in the fourth round by the Chicago Cubs. In his three years there, Herring saw 12 players move on to play at Division I universities and countless others transfer to Division II schools.   

Prior to coaching at Louisburg, Herring 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 is married to the former Kelly Joyner. She is a graduate of East Carolina University and is a 4th Grade teacher at Piedmont Elementary School. The couple resides in Jefferson City with their daughter Peyton Banks Herring.