Justin Heinzen is in his fourth season as the head women's basketball coach at Loras College. In three seasons at the helm of the Duhawks, Heinzen has compiled an overall record of 46-34, which includes three straight appearances in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.

Heinzen piloted Loras to a 13-14 overall record in 2009-10, which included a 7-9 record in conference play.Duhawks, who clinched the IIAC Tournament's sixth and final seed, became the first team in conference tournament history to win a game seeded at that position. Loras defeated third-seeded Wartburg College in the first round before falling in the semifinals to eventual tournament champion Simpson College, which later advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Along with his team's tournament finish, Heinzen's squad finished in the top 25 in NCAA Division III in free-throw percentage (74.8/15th) and three-pointers made per game (6.9/24th). Loras landed three student-athletes on the IIAC All-Academic Team, two on the all-conference list and senior guard Lindsay Bava was named to both the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Region and D3hoops.com All-West Region teams for the second consecutive season. Heinzen, who moved into third at the school in both wins (46) and winning percentage (.575), has coached six players to all-conference honors through three seasons.

In Heinzen's first season at Loras, he led the Duhawks to the program's second-best season in terms winning percentage (.680) in 2007-08. After a program-best 10-0 start, which is also a record for most consecutive wins in a season, Loras wrapped up the 2007 calendar year with a 23-3 record, good for 7th best in NCAA Division III.   His teams, each of his first three seasons, have been ranked in the top 25 in free throw percentage and among national leaders in three point field goals made and three point field goal percentage. 

The 2008-2009 season was highlighted by a second place IIAC finish, a semi-final appearance in the conference tournament, a win over NCAA II Upper Iowa, and a team grade point average of 3.307. 

Prior to arriving at Loras, Heinzen spent two seasons (2005-07) serving as an assistant coach at Lakeland College (Wis.) under one of the NCAA Division III's all-time winningest coaches, April Arvan. In two seasons at Lakeland, the Muskies went 34-17 overall, capturing a Lake Michigan Conference regular season and tournament championship while making its fifth appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

He began his coaching career at Manitowoc (Wis.) Lutheran High School and has held coaching positions at University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, Reedsville (Wis.) School District and Higher Level Camps, one of Wisconsin's premier AAU organizations.

Heinzen graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in American history with a minor in political science. A 1999 graduate of Manitowoc Lutheran High School, Heinzen lettered in basketball, baseball and cross country for the Lancers.

Heinzen, a native of Manitowoc, Wis., was born October 21, 1980. Today he and his wife Kristina reside in Dubuque.