Rick Heller

Rick Heller
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Iowa
Conference Big Ten
Record 101-67 (.601)
Biographical details
Alma mater Upper Iowa University
Playing career
1982–1986 Upper Iowa
Position(s) SS
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1999 Upper Iowa
2000–2009 Northern Iowa
2010–2013 Indiana State
2014–present Iowa
Head coaching record
Overall 792–631–4
Tournaments NCAA: 2-4
MVC: 7-7
Big Ten: 5-5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
IIAC: (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Awards
Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year: (2012)

Rick Heller is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team. He has held this position since prior to the 2014 season.[1][2][3]

Heller spent his playing career at Upper Iowa, then a Division III school, before being named coach of the Peacocks. He remained at Upper Iowa as coach for 12 seasons. He then moved to Northern Iowa, where he remained for ten seasons, until the baseball program was discontinued after the 2009 season. Heller was hired at Indiana State where he remained for four seasons before being named head coach at Iowa.

Head coaching record

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

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Upper Iowa (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 39–12 1st College World Series
1997 Upper Iowa 30–14
1998 Upper Iowa 38–8
1999 Upper Iowa 30–15–1 3rd
Upper Iowa: 291–194–3
Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley Conference – DI) (2000–2009)
2000 Northern Iowa 23–33 9–22 9th
2001 Northern Iowa 35–28 17–15 5th MVC Tournament
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 25–29 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: 269–279–1 116–160
Indiana State (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 (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
Iowa: 101–67 41–31
Total: 792–631–4

      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". GoSycamores.com. Indiana State Athletics Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2014 Missouri Valley Baseball Record Book". MVC.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2014 Big Ten Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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