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Last season, Herbert, 60, was head coach of the German BBL club Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt, a position he has held since 2013. 
In addition to the Qualifiers, Herbert also served as an assistant coach with Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis.  Internationally, Herbert has also been head coach of Finland’s U18 team (1995-97, 2010) and the Georgian national team (2005-07).
After attending college at the University of Idaho (1979-1981), Herbert enjoyed a 12-year playing career in Finland.  In 1994, the Penticton, British Columbia native transitioned into coaching, and spent several seasons coaching in Finland’s Korisliiga with Korihait (1994-96) and Espoon Honka (1996-99).  
Herbert spent one season in Austria coaching the Oberwart Gunners (1999-00) and was named Austrian League Coach of the Year after leading the team to a 21-7 regular season record.  After one season with s.Oliver Würzburg (2000-01), Herbert became head coach of the Skyliners (2001-04), leading the team to their only Basketball Bundesliga title in program history during the 2003-04 season.
Following his time as an assistant coach with Team Canada, Herbert became head coach of Paris Basket Racing (2004-06) before joining Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (2006-07).  In his only season with Élan Béarnais, Herbert led the team to their third French Cup and only French Super Cup title in the 111 year history of the team.
Following one year in Greece with Aris Basketball Club (2007-08), Herbert returned to Canada and spent the 2008-09 season as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors.
He rejoined Espoon Honka in 2009 and helped the team capture the Finnish Basketball Cup for just the second time since it was founded in 1968.  The next year he returned to the Skyliners before joining Alba Berlin for the 2011-12 season.
Since 2013, Herbert has been head coach of Fraport and became the first Canadian to be named BBL Coach of the Year (2016) after he led the Skyliners to a victory in the  inaugural FIBA Europe Cup championship.
As a player, Herbert has represented Canada on several occasions including a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as the 1986 FIBA World Championship.  Herbert was also a member of the Canadian team that won a gold medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton, Alta.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China (Aug. 31-Sept. 15, 2019) will be the biggest edition of FIBA’s flagship event with a record 32 participating teams playing 92 games over 16 days.
Canada is in Group H along with Senegal, Lithuania and Australia for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019.
For the first time, the FIBA Basketball World Cup will qualify seven teams directly for the following year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Canada must finish either first or second in the Americas zone to earn a direct berth.