Rick Heller

Rick Heller
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamIowa
ConferenceBig Ten
Record351–211 (.625)
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
Overall1,041–774–4 (.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.

  1. ^ 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.
  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.