Brae Harper

            I was born in ElDorado , Arkansas and was raised in Fordyce in south Arkansas .  I went to high school at Fordyce.  I grew up in a household with great family, where my father was a basketball coach and my mother owned a jewelry/gift store in Fordyce.  I was raised a “gym rat”: during my high school days I played everything there was to do at school: football, basketball, baseball and track.  We won a state championship in football my senior season, this is one of the highlights of my life.  I then went to the University of Arkansas at Monticello where I achieved my Bachelors Degree in health and Physical Education.

            After receiving my first degree, I went to Arizona State University to work on Maters Degree and be a Graduate Assistant with Men’s Basketball.  This was one of my most memorable experiences of my life.  I got to see many places and enjoy various activities that I would not have been able to do without being a G.A. at ASU.  I met my wife Candace in Arizona and we now have been married for eight years.  Candace is a Physicians Assistant that works for men and women’s athletics at the University of Arkansas .  We have a little boy that is 18 months old and his name is Riggs.  My first teaching/coaching job was at my alma mater Fordyce where we had a lot of success in two years there.  I then moved to County Line for five years before coming to Gentry where I have been for three years now.  While working at County Line I pursued my Specialists Degree in Education through Harding University where I graduated with the degree in 2003. 

            In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family, paying golf and watching the Razorbacks play (any sport).