Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller reached a milestone with 15-3 win over Ohio State on Saturday.
It was Heller’s 1,000th career victory. He is in his 36th season as a head coach in a career that began at Upper Iowa and has also included stops at Northern Iowa and Indiana State.
Heller knew as a 12-year-old he wanted to be a baseball coach specifically.
Heller says his career has flown by.
Heller became the head coach at Upper Iowa in 1988, two years after his playing career with the Peacocks ended.
The Hawkeyes took two out of three against Ohio state dropping a 5-2 decision on Sunday. They are now 10-7 in the Big Ten and 34-12 overall. The Hawkeyes host Michigan State at Duane Banks Field in a weekend series beginning Friday May 12th.
