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 coach.

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 are 10-7 in the Big Ten and 34-12 overall. They lost to Ohio State on Sunday, 2-5, and a chance to sweep the series.