Kenneth Robert Heitz[1] (June 25, 1947 – July 9, 2012) was an American basketball player and attorney.

At Righetti, Heitz earned honors as a high school All-American and was California Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year in his senior season.

Along with classmates Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Lynn Shackelford and Lucius Allen, Heitz played on UCLA teams that went 88–2 over three years and was the first school to capture three consecutive national championships.

He was also executive vice president and general counsel of Columbia Savings and Loan from 1988 to 1991 and was briefly its CEO.

[7][8] Heitz was inducted into the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Roundtable Hall of Fame in 2001.