UNI has extended the contract of Panther baseball coach Rick Heller. The new deal announced by AthleticDriector Rick Hartzell keeps Heller with the Panthers through 2007. Heller’s in his fifth season with the Panthers and has a 115-114-1 record. He’s led UNI to the conference tournament each of the last three years, including a tournament championship in 2001. Heller’s career mark is 406-308-4.