University of Northwestern Men's Baseball

At the end of the 2023 baseball season, Hieb retired as the winningest baseball coach in Northwestern history also having the most all-time wins of all head coaches (All Sports) in the 85 years of UNW athletics. A recent 25-year honoree by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Hieb has been the Eagles head coach for the past 28 seasons, taking the lead reins in the spring of 1996. In addition to his baseball duties, Coach Hieb also serves as an assistant professor of Kinesiology and is a certified athletic trainer for the university's athletics department. A five-time Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Coach of the Year Award winner, Hieb led the 2022 Eagle squad in claiming back to back regular season conference championships for the first time in program history. Dave's 2021 team tallied the most wins ever in a single season in school history (35) and ended the season nationally ranked by Baseball America and the ABCA. Hieb has recorded two 30 win seasons and nine of the top ten win totals in program history. He also owns more 20-win seasons than all of the other Eagle baseball head coaches combined. Hieb is first all-time in school history for career coaching wins, hitting the 500-victory mark at the conclusion of the 2022 season and owns the record for most seasons as the baseball program's head coach (28), as well as surpassing 1,000 games coached at Northwestern. Under Hieb's direction, the Eagle baseball program has produced numerous All-Americans and all-region honorees. Hieb has led and been featured as a guest speaker at several youth camps and clinics throughout the Midwest. Dave also works with the Minnesota Twins Summer Instructional Program, Twinsfest Instructional Clinics, and currently serves as the East Ridge Athletic Association Baseball Director.