JOSEPH HEYER

COACH Basketball North Penn HS, 1969 - 1990

North Penn HS 21 Seasons 291-186 Record
1975 Bux-Mont Basketball Championship
2 Bux-Mont Regular Season Halves Basketball Championships 1975, 77
4 Bux-Mont Regular Season Halves Basketball
Co-Championships 1977, 81, 85, 86
Head Basketball Coach LaSalle College 1965-1967
Head Coach Cardinal Dougherty HS, Record of 55-19 (74%)
2005 Elected to the Philadelphia All-Star Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of
Fame
2007 Markward Basketball Club of Philadelphia Lifetime Achievement
Award
1994 Received Philadelphia Basketball Old Timers
Lifetime Achievement Award
Graduated LaSalle College, B.A. in Education, 1960
St. Josephʼs College, M.A. in Education, 1966
Inducted 2012

In the 21 years Joe coached the North Penn teams they compiled an overall record of 291 wins and 186 losses. (61%) The first 17 years the Knights competed in the historic Bux-Mont League. In regular season Bux-Mont games North Penn won 198 lost 95. (67.5%) during those years. In the early 70's the league went to a halves system. The Knights won 3 regular season halve-and were co-champions in 3 others.

In 1975 the Knights won the overall championship in a playoff with CB East. Twice the Knights went to the District One quarter finals at the Palestra. '72&'76 The 71-72 team opened this building by going 12-0 to start the season, still a school record.

The first team in school history to win 20 games in a season was the 76-77 Knights. The Knights won 7 North Penn Booster Club Holiday Tournament Championships and 2 Emmaus Holiday Tournaments.

North Penn entered the Suburban League for the 86-87 season. The Knights Experienced three losing seasons before the 89-90 team posted a 15-9 record, winning the Emmaus Holiday tournament for the second time and winning a first round game in the District One Tournament.

Joe began coaching at Cardinal Dougherty H. S. in Philadelphia in 1960. In 3 years at Dougherty his teams had a record of 55-19 (74%) and reached the Catholic Championship game each year.

From there he went to La Salle College as freshman coach & assistant Varsity coach. The freshmen
team compiled a 36-9 record in three seasons including the 1964 Big Five Freshman Championship. In 1965 he took over the Varsity the day before the season started. In two season LaSalle won 24 games, reached the finals of the Vanderbilt Tourney, the finals of the Mid Atlantic Tournament and upset two nationally ranked teams up set two nationally ranked teams Brigham Young. (#6) and Louisville.

Joe's playing career started at LaSalle High School. In the 1955-56 season as a senior he lead the Catholic League in scoring, set a single game record of 49 points, still a school record, and was selected All Catholic. He was selected MVP of the League by the Philadelphia Sportswriters. After the season he was invited to play in the North-South High School All American game in Kentucky.

Joe was a member of the 1955 City Championship baseball team. From LaSalle H. S. he entered LaSalle College where he played 4 seasons. Joe scored 1,161 career points. (986 Varsity and 175 Freshman) In 1958 he set a Palestra and school record for field goals in a game, 17, breaking the record of the great Tom Gola. He lead the team in scoring in the 58-59 season with a 17.2 average. He had a career high of 35 the same year.

He was selected Catholic All American in 1959. The 1960 team was ranked 14th in the AP poll. Finished as ih all-time scorer in school history at the time. Just the 4th junior in school history to score 400 points in a season at the time. Honors: Elected to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame- Philadelphia All-Star Chapter (05) Honored by the Markward Basketball Club of Philadelphia for lifetime Achievements (07) Received Philadelphia Basketball Old Timers Lifetime Achievement Award (94)