Name Rene Herrerias | Role Basketball Coach | |
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Education University of San Francisco | ||
Rene Anthony Herrerias (born June 4, 1926) is an American basketball coach. He served as head coach at University of California, Berkeley from 1960 to 1968.
Born in San Francisco, Herrerias graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1944 and served in the United States Navy afterwards.
From 1947 to 1950, Herrerias played college basketball at the University of San Francisco, where he was a member of the 1949 NIT championship team coached by Pete Newell. After graduating, he became head coach at St. Ignatius Prep. As coach, Herrerias led St. Ignatius to four state titles, in 1951, 1954, 1955, and 1956. Herrerias also taught history and typing at St. Igantius.
Herrerias reunited with Newell as an assistant coach at Cal. In 1960, Herrerias succeeded Newell as Cal's head coach. He resigned in 1968 because of a dispute with an African-American athlete Bob Presley. Presley was suspended from the team for violation of team training rules. Presley was reinstated three days later, but relations between African-American and white players on the team remained tense. Herrerias resigned after the season. Herrerias has a record of 97-101 in his eight seasons at Cal.
After resigning from Cal, Herrerias became a history teacher at El Camino High School in South San Francisco.