Hill-Murray's administration recently decided to part ways with longtime coach Erin Herman. (Korey McDermott/MN Girls Basketball Hub)
The Hill-Murray girls basketball program has parted ways with Hall of Fame head coach Erin Herman after her 36 years with the Pioneers.
Emails sent to the Star Tribune from former players and community members expressed disappointment in the school’s decision.
An initial email from the school sent to faculty and staff and shared with alumni announced the coaching change. Obtained by the Star Tribune, the announcement said the Pioneers “have made the decision to move in a new direction with our girls’ basketball program.”
For more on Hermann and the Pioneers girls basketball program, click here to read this story on startribune.com.
In case you missed it
Best in Class: The standout student-athletes in Minnesota’s 2026 graduating class
- By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Jake Epstein, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/29/2025, 11:45am CDT
Best in Class: The standout student-athletes in Minnesota’s 2027 graduating class
- By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Jake Epstein, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/28/2025, 11:45am CDT
Best in Class: The standout student-athletes in Minnesota’s 2028 graduating class
- By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Jake Epstein, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/27/2025, 10:45am CDT
Minnesota girls jump in latest basketball recruiting rankings
- By Marcus Fuller and Grant McGinnis, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/08/2025, 4:45pm CDT
Gophers women’s basketball offers Hill-Murray seventh-grader Ashlee Wilson
- By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/02/2025, 2:45pm CDT
Nominate now: Help us chose winners for the All-Minnesota Sports Awards
- By Chris Carr, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/30/2025, 12:30pm CDT
Star Tribune All-Minnesota Sports Awards coming June 24 to Vikings headquarters
- By Chris Carr, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/29/2025, 9:00pm CDT
Iowa women’s basketball is first program to offer scholarship to Hill-Murray seventh-grader Ashlee Wilson
- By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/29/2025, 8:45pm CDT
Alexandria’s Wendy Kohler, second winningest girls basketball coach in state history, retires
- By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/24/2025, 12:45pm CDT
Minneapolis, St. Paul area senior girls honored for athletic achievements
- By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Girls Basketball Hub Headlines
Minnesota girls jump in latest basketball recruiting rankings
- By Marcus Fuller and Grant McGinnis, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/08/2025, 4:45pm CDT
Gophers women’s basketball offers Hill-Murray seventh-grader Ashlee Wilson
- By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 05/02/2025, 2:45pm CDT
Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
- By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
Brian Cosgriff, one of Minnesota’s best girls basketball coaches, to retire
- By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/09/2025, 9:00pm CDT
Jordan Ode of Maple Grove, Minnesota’s top Class of ′25 recruit, is honored as Miss Basketball
- By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/07/2025, 8:45pm CDT
