Neither Jim Hallihan nor Mark Coomes will be the next NIU men's basketball coach. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell is expected to announce his choice for the spot by Friday, but Hallihan and Coomes, two of the six finalists, have withdrawn from the...

The 1990 NIU football schedule, which features games against Nebraska, Kansas State and Northwestern, was one of 16 schedules approved by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday. The other 15 NIU sports also had their 1989-90 schedules approved at the board's...

I guess I was a little brainwashed in high school while playing on the sports teams. No matter what sport I played, the team and individuals would review a videotape of either the previous practice or game. We did this, wearing out the rewind and slow...

There were awards given out across the board Sunday afternoon when the NIU women's basketball team held its 1988-89 awards banquet at the Country Inn in Sycamore. The banquet was open to the public and about 60 people were on hand to honor the Huskies....

DePaul assistant coach Jim Molinari was in DeKalb Friday to interview for the NIU men's basketball head coaching position. Molinari is one of three candidates known to have been on campus for an interview. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee head coach...

More muscle was added to the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday in the form of four resolutions passed by the board. Three of the resolutions take effect as soon as they are added to the board's policy manual. They cover conference affiliation, budget matters...

If the NIU Athletic Board has its way, the athletic director will no longer be able to fire a head coach without first getting approval from the board. The athletic board passed a resolution at Wednesday's meeting, which, if enacted by the University...

Associate Athletic Director Clarence Hudson lashed out at the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday in opposition to the board's attempt to increase its power. The board passed a resolution that, if adopted by the University Council, would require a majority vote...

James Mellard, an English professor, was named interim chairman of the university's athletic board Monday by NIU President John LaTourette. This decision comes on the same day it was announced Mellard would be on the screening committee for a new men's...

Three rostered players are anxiously awaiting Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell's decision as to who will be NIU's third men's basketball coach in five years. After a 12-member screening committee narrows a list of applicants and recommends the finalists,...

CHICAGO—The scoreboard told the story following the championship game of the women's basketball North Star Conference Tournament at DePaul University's Alumni Hall on March 11. But there were other numbers to look at besides the 76-61 mark that verified...

Illinois assistant men's basketball coach and former NIU assistant coach, Mark Coomes, is the first confirmed applicant for the vacant head coaching job at NIU. "I have applied," said Coomes, talking by phone Wednesday from Champaign. "I have an interest...