Lilburn Ray Harper Jr. (born October 11, 1961)[1][2] is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for Jacksonville State University.
[3] Harper was named interim head coach at Western Kentucky on January 6, 2012, after Ken McDonald was fired.
[4] He was named permanent head coach on February 19, 2012, by then-athletic director Ross Bjork.
[5] He resigned from the position on March 17, 2016, following the permanent suspension of three of his players.
[6] Harper was subsequently hired at Jacksonville State on April 6, 2016,[7] where he took the 2016–17 team to the school's first NCAA appearance.