Mike Heideman
Mike Heideman (1948-2018)
Teams coached: St. Norbert Green Knights, Green Bay Phoenix
St. Norbert record^: 66-25 (.725)
Green Bay record: 110-95 (.537)
Overall record^: 176-120 (.595)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1996)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- MCC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1996)
- Midwest (D-III) Regular Season Champion: 1 (1984)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 1 (1984)
Awards:
- MCC Coach of the Year: 1 (1996)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2006-2009 | Washington State (DBO) |
| 2003-2006 | Washington State (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | Valparaiso (asst) |
| 1995-2002 | Green Bay |
| 1986-1995 | Green Bay (asst) |
| 1982-1986 | St. Norbert |
Mike Heideman Facts
- Michael David Heideman
- Born March 29, 1948
- Died June 30, 2018
- Hometown: Appleton, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (BS & MA)
- First head coaching role was at D-III St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin
- Went 66-25 in four seasons, winning a Midwest Conference title and reaching the D-III NCAA Tournament in 1984
- Joined the coaching staff at Green Bay in 1986 as an assistant under head coach Dick Bennett
- In nine years under Bennett, Heideman was part of two Summit League titles and three NCAA Tournaments
- Heideman was elevated to head coach in 1995 and led the Phoenix for the next seven seasons
- Won the MCC title in his first year and got back to the NCAA Tournament; named 1996 MCC COY
- Finished above .500 in two of the next three seasons but then saw wins drop off from years five through seven
- Fired in 2002 after a 9-21 season; Heideman went 110-95 overall at the helm
- Spent the 2002-03 season as an assistant under Scott Drew in his sole season as head coach at Valparaiso
- Reunited with Dick Bennett in 2003, joining his staff at Washington State as an assistant coach
- After three years, Dick retired and turned the program over to his son, Tony Bennett
- Worked under Tony – who played at Green Bay during Heideman’s tenure as an assistant there – for an additional three years at WSU as DBO
- Moved back to Wisconsin and spent the rest of his career as athletic director and assistant principal at St. Mary’s Catholic HS in Neenah, WI
- Passed away in 2018 at age 70 after a battle with cancer; survived by his wife, Sally, their two sons and five grandchildren
Mike Heideman Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels
