L.J. Hepp back as Panther Creek boys basketball coach

By J. Mike Blake, mblake@newsobserver.com

L.J. Hepp’s journey has come full circle as Panther Creek High School announced Monday that he will be the boys basketball coach – again.

Hepp was the school’s first varsity boys basketball coach when it opened in 2006. In his third season, he guided the Catamounts to a 28-2 record and went 50-10 over his last two years.

He left Panther Creek to be the director of basketball operations at the University of South Carolina. After one season there, Hepp became a head coach in a Japanese professional league, but was fired before the end of the season.

After one year away from coaching, he returned to Panther Creek as an assistant athletics director this year. After Todd Schuler announced in April was going to be the AD at Cardinal Gibbons, Hepp was named to replace him in May.

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L.J. Hepp back as Panther Creek boys basketball coach