The former West Forsyth head coach made a surprise return to the county’s coaching ranks, accepting the Central job shortly after it opened at the turn of the new year. Hepler went to teach in Florida in 2014, leaving behind the program at West that enjoyed a run in the state quarterfinals in 2011. He came back to Georgia, accepting the job at Discovery—a new school in Gwinnett—but never coached a game for the new program.