The 2016-17 season will mark Healy’s 24th season at SMU. Healy spent two years as an assistant coach and begins his 22nd season as the head coach for the women’s program.
After the 2015-16 season, Megan Wiedeman was named to the GNAC All-Conference second team, while Krista Stabler was named honorable mention. Wiedeman ended her career at SMU ranked third in rebounds in a season and first in blocked shots. In her career, she recorded 780 rebounds to rank second in school history and leads in blocked shots with 156. Stabler ended her career 14th in points scored with 1,090 and tied for fourth with 38 points scored in a game.
Healy has guided his team to the NCAA Tournament twice (2004-05, 2007-08). The Saints also made an appearance in the 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15 GNAC Tournament. His teams have also excelled in the classroom finishing in the WBCA All-Academic Top 25 for four consecutive years (2007-10).
His 2004-05 squad finished tied for second in the GNAC posting a record of 22-7 overall and 15-3 in the conference play. SMU went on to earn the fourth seed in the NCAA West Region Tournament picking up a 73-65 win over CSU-Bakersfield in the first round. Healy was named GNAC Coach of the Year while the Saints were led by Martina Kartikova who was a Daktronics first team all-region, first team All-GNAC and first team CoSIDA Academic All-American.
The 2007-08 team finished 17-11 overall and 10-8 to finish fourth in the GNAC that season. The Saints earned the eighth seed in the NCAA West Region Tournament falling to the top seed Seattle Pacific in the first round of the tournament.
Healy has served as the chairman for the GNAC women's basketball coaches committee as well as on the NCAA West Region Rating Committee. He is also a long-standing member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
In addition to his duties as a basketball coach, Healy is also an assistant professor in health & fitness at SMU where he is the department head and teaches kinesiology and exercise physiology.
Healy has been a coach for 36 years and prior to his arrival at Saint Martin's he was the head boys’ basketball coach at Olympia High School where he won more than 100 games in six years and was Black Hills League Coach of the Year twice.
Healy has been an often-invited motivational speaker throughout the Northwest speaking primarily to high school and junior high students. He has been invited to Southeast Asia three times, where he spent time working exclusively with the Junior National Team of Thailand at the Wat Noi School in Bangkok, while also putting on basketball camps at the renowned International School of Bangkok in Nachida Thani, Thailand.
He holds both a bachelor's (1978) and master's (1982) in communication disorders from Washington State University.
Healy and his wife of 38 years, Cathy, have two children Ryan (wife Megan and daughters Margaret and Eloise) and Tessa (Koeffler and husband Jason).
