Rick Heller
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamIowa
ConferenceBig Ten
Record320–188 (.630)
Playing career
1982–1986Upper Iowa
Position(s)Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987Bakersfield HS (MO)
1988–1999Upper Iowa
2000–2009Northern Iowa
2010–2013Indiana State
2014–presentIowa
Head coaching record
Overall1,010–751–4 (.573)
TournamentsNCAA: 5–6
MVC: 7–7
Big Ten: 13–11
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 IIAC (1993, 1995,–1997)
1 MVC Tournament (2001)
1 MVC regular season (2012)
1 Big Ten Tournament (2017)
Awards
  • 4× IIAC Coach of the Year (1989, 1993, 1995, 1996)
  • MVC Coach of the Year (2012)

Rick Heller is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes.[1][2][3] Heller played college baseball at Upper Iowa for head coach Bill Prochaska from 1982 to 1986. He then served as the head coach for the Upper Iowa Peacocks (1988–1999), the Northern Iowa Panthers (2000–2009) and the Indiana State Sycamores (2010–2013). He has been the head coach at the University of Iowa since 2014.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Heller's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[4][5][6]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Upper Iowa Peacocks (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – DIII) (1988–1999)
1988 Upper Iowa 7–30
1989 Upper Iowa 10–23
1990 Upper Iowa 19–17
1991 Upper Iowa 22–13
1992 Upper Iowa 23–16
1993 Upper Iowa 21–15–1 1st NCAA regional
1994 Upper Iowa 21–18–1
1995 Upper Iowa 31–13 1st NCAA regional
1996 Upper Iowa 37–14 1st College World Series
1997 Upper Iowa 30–14
1998 Upper Iowa 38–8
1999 Upper Iowa 30–15–1 3rd
Upper Iowa: 289–194–3
Northern Iowa Panthers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2000–2009)
2000 Northern Iowa 23–33 9–22 9th
2001 Northern Iowa 35–28 17–15 5th NCAA regional
2002 Northern Iowa 30–25–1 14–18 6th MVC Tournament
2003 Northern Iowa 27–28 16–15 4th MVC Tournament
2004 Northern Iowa 25–31 12–20 T–5th
2005 Northern Iowa 26–28 9–15 T–8th
2006 Northern Iowa 28–27 10–14 T–7th
2007 Northern Iowa 23–28 8–16 T–6th
2008 Northern Iowa 30–24 14–10 4th MVC Tournament
2009 Northern Iowa 23–26 7–15 7th
Northern Iowa: 270–278–1 116–160
Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (2010–2013)
2010 Indiana State 35–19 10–10 T–3rd MVC Tournament
2011 Indiana State 29–28 8–13 6th MVC Tournament
2012 Indiana State 41–19 14–7 1st NCAA regional
2013 Indiana State 26–25 9–11 6th MVC Tournament
Indiana State: 131–91 41–41
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Iowa 30–23 10–14 T–7th Big Ten Tournament
2015 Iowa 41–18 19–5 2nd NCAA regional
2016 Iowa 30–26 12–12 T–8th Big Ten Tournament
2017 Iowa 39–20 15–9 T–4th NCAA regional
2018 Iowa 33–19 13–9 6th Big Ten Tournament
2019 Iowa 31–24 12–12 T-6th Big Ten Tournament
2020 Iowa 10–5 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Iowa 26–18 26–18 T-4th
2022 Iowa 36–19 17–7 T-2nd Big Ten Tournament
2023 Iowa 44–16 15–8 3rd NCAA regional
Iowa: 320–188 139–94
Total: 1,010–751–4 (.573)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. ^ Meredith, Luke (July 12, 2013). "Iowa Hires Heller as Baseball Coach". SFGate.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Iowa tabs Rick Heller as new baseball coach". The Gazette. July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rick Heller Bio". Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  4. ^ "2011 Indiana State Baseball Yearbook" (PDF). GoSycamores.com. Indiana State Athletics Communications. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Missouri Valley Baseball Record Book" (PDF). MVC.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 Big Ten Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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