Brent Heaberlin is beginning his first year as an assistant coach with the Lenoir-Rhyne College Baseball Team.

Heaberlin will assist with recruiting and strength & conditioning and will be in charge of the catchers and the L-R Junior Varsity squad.

Heaberlin comes to L-R after coaching two seasons (2006-07) at The University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Before last season, Heaberlin was promoted to director of baseball operations for the Trojans.

Heaberlin, a 2005 graduate of Eastern Illinois University, also spent two years as an Assistant Baseball Coach for EIU (2004-05).

After beginning his playing career with Indiana State, Heaberlin led Parkland (Ill.) College to the 2002 National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship while earning all-conference, all-region and all-district honors. Heaberlin was also selected to the 2001 NJCAA World Series All-Tournament Team.

Heaberlin’s coaching resume also includes a summer stint as an Assistant Coach with the Vermont Mountaineers, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.