# Brian Heaney > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Heaney > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Heaney.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Heaney > Source revision: 1311574909 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Brian Patrick Heaney** (born September 3, 1946) is an American former professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) player and coach. He spent one season in the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) (NBA) as a member of the [Baltimore Bullets](/source/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)) during the 1969–70 season. ## Career ### Player Heaney attended [Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School](/source/Bishop_Loughlin_Memorial_High_School) in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), before enrolling at [Acadia University](/source/Acadia_University) in Canada in 1964.[1] He helped the Axemen win the 1965 Canadian University Men's Basketball National Championships. Heaney earned CIS Tournament All-Star Team honors in 1965 and 1966 and was a First Team All-Canadian in 1969.[2] He set a single-game scoring record of 74 points.[3] He was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 19th round of the [1969 NBA draft](/source/1969_NBA_draft) from [Acadia University](/source/Acadia_University). Heaney was the first [CIAU](/source/U_Sports) player to play in the NBA[3] and along with [Jim Zoet](/source/Jim_Zoet), are the only two [U Sports](/source/U_Sports) players to have played in an NBA game.[4] He split the 1969–70 season between the Bullets, scoring a total of 30 points in the NBA, and the Sunbury Mercuries of the [Eastern League](/source/Eastern_Professional_Basketball_League).[1] He returned to the Mercuries for the 1970–71 season.[5] ### Coach In 1971, he was named head men's basketball coach at [Saint Mary's University](/source/Saint_Mary's_University_(Halifax)) in [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia).[6] Under his guidance, the Huskies won national titles in 1973, 1978 and 1979.[3] Heaney was the recipient of the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as CIS Coach of the Year in 1973.[7] In 1975, Heaney became the head coach of Canada's Women's National Team and took the squad to the [1976 Olympic Games](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics), before returning to Saint Mary's in 1977.[6] He served as head coach until 1979. During his seven-year tenure as the Huskies' head coach, Heaney had a record of 87 wins and 21 losses.[8] After working as head coach of the [University of Alberta men's basketball team](/source/Alberta_Golden_Bears) from 1979 to 1983[9] and of the [University of Toronto men's basketball team](/source/Toronto_Varsity_Blues)[10] from 1983 to 1985, Heaney took a job in the financial services sector and became a CIS and NBA broadcaster.[3] In 2002, he served as Honorary Chairman of the CIS Men's Championship.[6] From 2007 to 2010, Heaney was the athletic director at Acadia University and then returned to his business job and broadcasting.[11] ### Sportscaster During the 2000s, Heaney also served as a studio analyst for [TSN](/source/The_Sports_Network) on their [Toronto Raptors](/source/Toronto_Raptors) [NBA](/source/NBA) broadcasts.[12][13] ## Honours Heaney is a member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame,[14] Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame[15] and the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame.[16] ## Career statistics ### NBA Source[17] #### Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG Baltimore 14 5.0 .542 .500 .3 .4 2.0 Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1970 Baltimore 6 1.2 .000 – .2 .2 .0 References External links ## References 1. ["Brian P. Heaney- 1969"](http://acadiahof.ca/brian-p-heaney-1969/). *acadiahof.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["U Sports Hoops - University Basketball in Canada"](http://usportshoops.ca/history/award-team.php?Gender=MBB&Team=Acadia). *usportshoops.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Brian Heaney—Athlete/Coach Induction Class of 1997"](http://www.basketball.ca/files/2015-04/hof_brianheaney.pdf). *basketball.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. Hein, David (November 20, 2014). ["Why Basketball Canada is rooting for Philip Scrubb"](https://www.fiba.basketball/news/why-basketball-canada-is-rooting-for-philip-scrubb). fiba.com. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170911041330/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/why-basketball-canada-is-rooting-for-philip-scrubb) September 11, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 12, 2017. 1. ["Brian Heaney minor league basketball statistics"](https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-heanebri001). *Stats Crew*. Retrieved February 12, 2025. 1. ["Saint Mary's University |"](https://www.smu.ca/campus-life/brian-heaney.html). *www.smu.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["U Sports Hoops - University Basketball in Canada"](http://usportshoops.ca/history/award-team.php?Gender=MBB&Team=Saint%20Marys). *usportshoops.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Men's Basketball Coaching Records - Saint Mary's University"](https://smu.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/Coaches_-_Records). *smu.prestosports.com*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Team History - Golden Bears and Pandas Athletics"](https://www.ualberta.ca/athletics/teams/basketball-m/team-history). *www.ualberta.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["University of Toronto Varsity Blues - Men's Basketball History"](http://www.varsityblues.ca/sports/2008/10/1/BSB_1001082448.aspx?path=mbball&). *www.varsityblues.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Heaney leaving Acadia Athletics after 3 years"](http://www.kingscountynews.ca/sports/2010/8/30/heaney-leaving-acadia-athletics-after-3-1709882.html). *The Register/Advertiser*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["TSN Takes Fans Courtside with 20 NBA Games This Season"](https://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/specialty-tv/tsn/tsn-takes-fans-courtside-with-20-nba-games-this-season/). 30 November 2001. 1. Houston, William (30 October 2006). ["Houston: Raptors rev up for full season on TV - The Globe and Mail"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/houston-raptors-rev-up-for-full-season-on-tv/article1108687/). *The Globe and Mail* 1. ["Canada Basketball"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190508225641/https://www.basketball.ca/en/page/hall-of-fame). *www.basketball.ca*. Archived from [the original](http://www.basketball.ca/en/page/hall-of-fame) on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame Honours Acadia Alumni - Acadia University"](http://www2.acadiau.ca/home/news-reader-page/nova-scotia-sports-hall-of-fame-honours-acadia-alumni.html). *www2.acadiau.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Brian P. Heaney- 1969"](http://acadiahof.ca/brian-p-heaney-1969/). *acadiahof.ca*. Retrieved 2017-09-10. 1. ["Brian Heaney NBA stats"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/heanebr01.html). *[Basketball Reference](/source/Basketball_Reference)*. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 August 2024. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brian Heaney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Heaney) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Heaney?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.