Heaney attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn, New York, before enrolling at Acadia University in Canada in 1964. 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. He set a single-game scoring record of 74 points.\n', '

He was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 19th round of the 1969 NBA draft from Acadia University. Heaney was the first CIAU player to play in the NBA and along with Jim Zoet, are the only two U Sports players to have played in an NBA game. 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.\n', '

In 1971, he was named head men\'s basketball coach at Saint Mary\'s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Under his guidance, the Huskies won national titles in 1973, 1978 and 1979. Heaney was the recipient of the Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as CIS Coach of the Year in 1973. In 1975, Heaney became the head coach of Canada\'s Women\'s National Team and took the squad to the 1976 Olympic Games, before returning to Saint Mary\'s in 1977. 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.\n', '

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