Hall of Fame

Lisa Herb

Lisa Herb

  • Class
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    UW-Eau Claire
Induction Video

(Written: July 2025)

Lisa Herb served as the UW-Eau Claire women’s volleyball head coach from 1985-2006 and was the interim women’s athletics director in 1986-87 and 1992. She finished as the winningest coach in program history with a 627-208 record, a victory total that ranks fourth on the conference’s all-time list. Herb is ninth in NCAA Division III history with 790 career wins.

Herb led the Blugolds to conference titles in 1987 and 2006, and was tabbed the conference’s Coach of the Year in 1997 and 2006. In 22 years, Herb posted 21 winning seasons and her teams reached the “Sweet 16” six times. She won 30-plus matches nine times, highlighted by a 52-3 record in 1987 – the second-most wins in a single season by a conference team. The 1987 squad had winning streaks of 25 and 24 consecutive matches.

Herb coached 15 AVCA All-Americans, 70 all-conference selections and five Academic All-Americans. She was the interim women’s basketball coach during the 1987-88 season, leading the Blugolds to their most wins in school history at that time with a 17-10 mark and advancing to the NAIA District 14 playoffs.

Herb was inducted into the University of Dubuque (Iowa) Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001, and her 1982 team was inducted in 2004. She was inducted into the UW-Eau Claire Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.

Herb earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from UW-La Crosse. She was a member of the basketball and volleyball teams, and secured all-conference first team honors in volleyball. Herb earned a master’s degree and ABD in athletic administration from University of Iowa.

She resides in Eau Claire, Wis.