Born: 1952, Chester, Pennsylvania.
Herceg graduated from Chester High School in 1970. He attended Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, in 1972 and for one semester in 1975.
He then transferred to West Chester State Teachers College and graduated with a teacher certification in Health and Physical Education. He later attended Cheyney University, earning a Technology Education degree in 1984.
Herceg has sung in church choirs, in a quartet, and as a soloist at the Bible for Today Baptist Church, Collingswood, New Jersey; Barrington Community Church, Barrington, New Jersey; and Bellmawr Baptist Church, Bellmawr, New Jersey.