MASON CITY – Former NIACC baseball coach Travis Hergert has been promoted to the Philadelphia Phillies’ Director of Pitching Development – Programming.
Hergert (pictured at top, via NIACC) was the Phillies’ minor league pitching coordinator from 2021-24.
Hergert, who was the head coach at NIACC from 2013-19, was hired by the Phillies in 2020 as a minor league assistant pitching coordinator.
Hergert began 2021 in the same role but was promoted to minor league pitching coordinator in March of 2021 on an interim basis. The interim tag for Hergert was removed a couple of months later and Hergert served as the Phillies’ minor league pitching coordinator through the 2024 season.
Hergert was 260-146-1 in seven seasons as the head coach at NIACC. He guided the Trojans to three NJCAA Region 11 titles, three NJCAA North Plains District titles and three trips to the NJCAA Division II World Series (2013, 2015, 2016).