Bio

Greg Heiar was named head men's basketball coach at Northwest Florida State on April 30.

Heiar, who has over 20 years of coaching experience, spent three seasons on LSU’s staff, where he was an associate head coach in 2019. Prior to LSU, Heiar held assistant coaching stints at Wichita State (2011-17), Southern Miss (2009-11), Chipola College (2003-04) and Loras College (2002-03). Heiar was the head coach at Chipola from 2004-09, while he began his career as a student assistant at Mount St. Clare College in 2000 and started as a graduate assistant at Loras in 2001.

During his six years at Chipola – the last five as a head coach – Heiar’s teams won 164 games as a head coach, while capturing five Panhandle Conference titles and making four appearances in the NJCAA Tournament. Heiar led Chipola to a third-place finish in 2009 when his team posted a 35-2 record. Overall, Heiar earned five Panhandle Conference Coach of the Year and four Region VIII Coach of the Year honors. The successful run led to Heiar coaching 40 all-conference players and sending 39 players to Division I programs.

Heiar started his coaching career at his alma mater, Mount St. Clare College (later Franciscan University), where he was a student assistant. As a student-athlete at Mount St. Clare, Heiar – a two-year captain and team MVP – was a first team all-conference selection and led the team to its first conference title in program history. Heiar graduated from Mount St. Clare in 2000. Prior to Mount St. Clare, Heiar played two seasons at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he led the team to the NJCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

Heiar, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, is married to his wife, Jessica, and they have one daughter, Alexis.