Adam Hepker Named Head Men's Basketball Coach

OLATHE, Kan. - MNU Director of Athletics Todd Garrett has announced the hiring of Adam Hepker as Head Men's Basketball Coach. The 2008 MNU graduate and 2013 Hall of Fame inductee was the point guard for three consecutive Fab 4s, including the 2007 National Championship team - where he was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. He was 2-time Conference Player of the Year, 2nd team NAIA All-America in 2006, and 1st team NAIA All-America in 2007 and 2008.

He was an assistant under Coach Lamar for 5 years before joining the Grand View coaching staff for 2 seasons. For the last 4 years, he's been the lead assistant at Ottawa-Arizona before coming back to MNU for the 2021-22 season.

"I am incredibly excited to take over as head coach of this storied program," said Hepker. "This place is home, and as an alum, means the world to me. As Coach Lamar has taught us, we can have tremendous success at the national level by recruiting high character kids and developing them both on and off the court. We will continue to put Christ first in everything we do as a program and work to sustain the excellence Coach Lamar has achieved for years."

"I am thrilled to be leaving the basketball program at MNU in the very capable hands of Coach Adam Hepker," said Coach Rocky Lamar. "He was a great player and has been a terrific young coach. He will develop his own successful university men's basketball program. I am confident that MNU basketball will just keep getting better and better. To think that Adam, a native from Maquoketa, Iowa is following this other native from Maquoketa, means you just know the ball will be great hands!"

Hepker lives in Olathe with his wife, Amy, and 3 children: Brenley, Bryson, and Brooklyn.