The Associated Press Herrion, 41, succeeds Joe Dooley, who had the final year of his contract bought out by ECU after four seasons and a 57-52 record. ''We are extremely excited to have a coach with the credentials of Bill Herrion. His record at Drexel speaks for itself,'' East Carolina Athletics Director Mike Hamrick said in a prepared statement. Herrion had a 167-71 career record in eight seasons at Drexel, where he was the third-winningest coach in the school's history. Herrion guided the Dragons to six 20-win seasons, three regular-season America East Conference titles and two regular season co-championship crowns. Three of his Dragons teams played in the NCAA Tournament, most recently in 1995-96. Herrion was America East Conference coach of the year four times, including the finished season. ''Coach Herrion will be remembered as an outstanding coach and someone who represented college basketball and Drexel University with dignity and class,'' Drexel Athletics Director Eric Zillmer said. Herrion landed a two-year contract extension from Drexel in 1997 after turning down the coaching job at Rutgers. He was recommended last season for the vacant job at St. John's by Mike Jarvis, who wound up with the Red Storm job himself. Herrion was Jarvis' assistant at Boston University and at George Washington University.
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