L.J. Hepp, who played junior varsity basketball at the University of North Carolina, is the Oita HeatDevils' new head coach, the bj-league team announced on Friday.
Hepp, who turns 32 in September, served as the director of basketball operations for the University of South Carolina men's basketball team during the 2009-10 season.
After graduating from UNC in 2001, he served as a grad assistant at the school for the next two seasons under then-coach Matt Doherty, gaining valuable experience in what many consider America's premier college basketball conference, the Atlantic Coast Conference.