Verl Heap

Parley Verl Heap


Born:
September 6, 1924
St. John's, AZ

Died:
December 24, 2008
St. John's, AZ


Career
1939-40 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School)
1940-41 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School)
1941-42 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School)
1942-43 Arizona State University (College)
1945-46 Arizona State University (College)
1946-47 Arizona State University (College)
1947-48 Arizona State University (College)
1948-49 Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL)
1949-50 Arizona State University (College) Assistant coach
1950-51 Duncan High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1951-52 Duncan High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1952-53 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1953-54 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1954-55 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1955-56 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1956-57 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1957-58 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1958-59 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1959-60 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1960-61 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1961-62 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1962-63 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1963-64 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1964-65 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1965-66 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1966-67 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1967-68 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1968-69 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1969-70 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1970-71 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1971-72 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1972-73 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1973-74 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1974-75 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1975-76 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach
1976-77 St. John's High School - Arizona (High School) Head coach

Heap was a high scoring threat with Arizona State, with his tenure there interrupted by his service in the Army Air Corps during World War 2. He returned to school after the war, leading the conference in scoring. Out of college, Heap signed to play with the Providence Steamrollers in the BAA in 1948, but wound up playing with the ABL's Wilkes-Barre club that season instead. He would be an assistant coach at ASU before taking a head coaching and teaching job at Duncan High School. After two years there, he returned to St. John's to coach and teach, as well as farm and raise livestock. He won over 500 games as a high school coach and was elected to the Arizona Basketball Hall of Fame.


He married Dawn Sherwood in 1945 and they had three sons and two daughters.



Source:
Obituary, White Mountain Independent, December 30, 2008

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