Mickey Hergert (born December 30, 1941) is a former American football running back and baseball player and coach in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) with Lewis & Clark College.

Hergert attended Jefferson High School, playing football as a two-way player, basketball and baseball.

As a sophomore (1957) and junior (1958), he contributed to his team achieving a 23–0 record, including two Class A-1 football state championships. The Democrats 1958 team is regarded as one of the greatest in Oregon prep history, which had a backfield that included him at halfback, quarterback Terry Baker ( Heisman Trophy winner at Oregon State University), halfback Mel Renfro (future Pro Football Hall of Famer) and Raye Renfro at fullback (in 1958 he broke a Portland Interscholastic League record with 24 touchdowns). He even played some snaps at guard as a senior (1959).

Hergert accepted a football scholarship from the University of Washington, but decided to transfer to Lewis & Clark College after a few weeks.

In accordance to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) rules, he sat out his first year but didn't lose any eligibility.

As a senior running back in 1963 he was a Williamson System first team All-American and second team NAIA. During his career he was a four-time all- Northwest Conference selection; in 36 games he averaged 106.5 yards per game(6.1 yards per carry) and scored 296 career points (102 in 8 games as a senior). ^[1]

He finished his college football career as one of the leading ground gainers in the nation, the leading rusher in the Northwest Conference and Lewis & Clark College history. He was the second leading rusher in NAIA history to Brad Husted by 107 yards, because as a senior his college accepted a game cancellation request from the Oregon College of Education; this canceled game also reduced their possible win total and left them out of the teams selected to advance to the playoffs.

The 1963 football team that he was a part of was one of the greatest in school history, finishing undefeated with an 8–0 overall record. The team outscored its opponents by an average of 25 points a game, including 41–0 and 40–0 blowouts of College of Idaho and Whitworth University, respectively. The game against Pacific University still holds the school record for most yards rushing in a single game (457).

Hergert was also a four-year letterman in baseball, where as an infielder he was named all- Northwest Conference three times. He also lettered one year in basketball.

In 1979, he was inducted into the Lewis & Clark College Hall of Fame.

Hergert was the baseball coach at Lewis & Clark College for 12 years, before leaving in 1980 to go into the insurance business. He also was a college and high school basketball official.

• Lewis & Clark College hall of fame bio
• Portland Interscholastic League Hall of Fame bio
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