Northwestern (Minn.) coach Dave Hieb collected his 200th career coaching victory with a 20-10 win at Northland on Saturday. Coach Hieb is first all-time in school history for career coaching wins with 201 and owns the record for most seasons coached in the baseball program with 11. He is also the all-time leader in games coached with 438. Dave owns a .459 winning percentage as head coach.
Hieb has been involved with the baseball program at Northwestern for 18 seasons, being an assistant for the first six seasons before taking over the head coaching job in 1996.
A two-time Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award winner, Hieb led the 1996 Eagle squad to claim the regular season conference championship in his first season as coach. Dave's 2004 team tallied the most wins ever in a single season in school history with 25 wins. The Eagles have recorded 20 or more wins in three out of the last four seasons, and with 17 wins already this year, Northwestern is on track to reach the 20 win plateau for the second straight season.
The Eagles currently stand at 17-12 overall and 7-6 in the UMAC with eight conference games and two non-conference games remaining in the regular season.