Class of 2006

Keith Healy
Providence Catholic

Keith Healy started wrestling with the Burbank Panthers in 1972 with Coach Rich Harper. Keith was a four-time IKWF place-winner and a State Champion. He went on to St. Laurence High School in Chicago. While at St. Laurence he became the first ever four time champion of the Chicago Catholic League. He was a four-time District (regional) champ and a four time state qualifier. He was a two-time state place winner, finishing 2nd and 3rd. Keith was a freestyle and Greco-Roman State Champion and was selected as the Outstanding Wrestler in freestyle. He was a Greco- Roman All-American at the junior national tournament.

Keith went on to become a four-time letter winner at the University of Illinois. He won the Southern Open as well as the Illini Open. He was a three-time Big Ten place-winner and qualified for the NCAA National Championships twice. After graduation from the U of I Keith finished 6th at the US Greco- Roman Senior Nationals and qualified for the Olympic Trials. He finished in the top nine at 149 pounds. Starting his coaching career at St. Laurence High School in Chicago, Keith was an assistant on their 1990 State Championship Team. He moved on to Providence Catholic in New Lenox. Since becoming the head coach in 1991-92, he has coached thirteen State Champions and forty-three other state medal winners. Keith was named by the I.W.C.O.A as Class AA Coach of the Year in 1997 and in 2002. In 1997 he was selected by the National High School Coaches Association as Coach of the Year and the National Federation of High Schools named him as Sectional Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002. He has been selected as the Chicago Catholic League Coach of the Year five times. In fourteen years as head coach, Keith has won 347 duals and his teams won six straight I.H.S.A. Dual Team State Championships. His teams also placed 3rd three times and were runner-up two times. Keith was inducted into the St. Laurence Hall of Fame as well as the Chicago Catholic League Hall of Fame. 2006 I.W.C.O.A. Hall of Fame Inductees