After the 1902 season at OAC, Herbold relocated to
Butte, Montana, with plans to return to Corvallis for the 1903 football season. He became prosperous in agriculture and mining, building up an estate of 8,000 acres of land, including valuable coal mining properties. They relocated to
eastern Montana to
Sanders, where Herbold had acquired agricultural land near the
Yellowstone River. Herbold was elected a member of the
Montana state legislature. in
Miles City, Montana early in the morning of May 9, 1914, following an illness of several weeks' duration. He was 38 years old at the time of his death, and is buried at Pioneer Cemetery in Eugene, Oregon. ==Head coaching record==