Coach Earp has been on the Laker sidelines for 9 years. He helped Coach Dudley put together some of the exciting Laker teams of the late 1990s. His recruitment of community college athletes is legendary and second-to-none in community college basketball. He recruited James Thompkins, Marquis Richardson, Che Jordan, and Kareem Leggett all of whom went on to play Division I or II basketball after graduating from Lake Land College. His ties and connections with the Lake Land College district and with the Indianapolis area has made him one of the most successful community college recruiters in the past decade. Earp’s responsibilities include recruiting, academic monitoring, fundraising, scouting, team travel, scheduling, practice and game preparation. Coach Earp was born and raised in Mattoon, and continues to live there with his wife Becky and their six-year-old daughter Gracie.