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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Iowa |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 351–211 (.625) |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1986 | Upper Iowa |
| Position(s) | Shortstop |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987 | Bakersfield HS (MO) |
| 1988–1999 | Upper Iowa |
| 2000–2009 | Northern Iowa |
| 2010–2013 | Indiana State |
| 2014–present | Iowa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,041–774–4 (.573) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 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 | |
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Head coaching record
editBelow 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 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 | ||||
| 2024 | Iowa | 31–23 | 14–10 | 5th | Big Ten Tournament | ||||
| Iowa: | 351–211 | 153–104 | |||||||
| Total: | 1,041–774–4 (.573) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Meredith, Luke (July 12, 2013). "Iowa Hires Heller as Baseball Coach". SFGate.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ "Iowa tabs Rick Heller as new baseball coach". The Gazette. July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ "Rick Heller Bio". Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2014 Missouri Valley Baseball Record Book" (PDF). MVC.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ "2014 Big Ten Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.