# Rick Heller

Rick Heller is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes. 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.
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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | Iowa: | 351–211 | 153–104 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,041–774–4 (.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 ||||||