Former Western Kentucky men's basketball coach Ray Harper has been hired as Jacksonville State's new head coach.
The program officially announced Wednesday night the hiring of Harper, who resigned as the Hilltoppers' coach last month.
Harper will be formally introduced in a news conference at Jacksonville State at 11 a.m. Thursday.
"I'm excited about the opportunity," Harper said in a statement from JSU. "We are going to work extremely hard and we are going to be about winning championships. We know it's going to be a lot of work, but we are ready to get started.