DeKALB | Of the nine women’s sports teams at NIU, five of them have a male head coach, six have at least one male assistant coach and four have at least one male volunteer coach.There are nine male assistant coaches and four volunteer assistant coaches...
“I think it will make things a lot easier as far as school is concerned. It definitely helps if we had that extra week off at the beginning of each semester to get focused and all settled in. As far as practice times too, I feel that telling us our practice schedules in advance would be a great help so we can plan our schedule accordingly. It will be easier now for us to get tutors or do what we need to do.”
DeKALB | The Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents voted unanimously Thursday to adopt time limitations for student-athletes.The proposal originated from suggestions by MAC representatives and the Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.The...
DeKALB | As of Feb. 2015, 40 percent of NCAA women athletics were being coached by women, compared to 1972, the year Title IX was introduced, when more than 90 percent of women athletics were being coached by women.Title IX states no person in the U.S....
DeKALB | As of Feb. 2015, 40 percent of NCAA women athletics were being coached by women, compared to 1972, the year Title IX was introduced, when more than 90 percent of women athletics were being coached by women.Title IX states no person in the U.S....
DeKALB | Ray Gooden, head coach of the the women’s volleyball team, tied the school record in career wins with 266 Friday in DeKalb’s Convocation Center.Gooden, who entered his 15th season with NIU just two wins shy of the record, tied former head...
DeKALB | The cross-country team kicks off their new season after a record-breaking year in 2015.The Huskies placed fourth in the conference indoor championships last season, tying their Mid-American Conference best at the event.NIU tied their MAC best...
Former NIU wide receiver Tommylee Lewis signed with the New Orleans Saints of the NFL as an undrafted free agent recently.The 23-year-old Florida native was chosen along with fellow 2015 teammate former defensive end Perez Ford, who signed as an undrafted...
Athletic Director Sean Frazier was passed up by the University of Minnesota as a candidate for its athletic director position.The director of athletics oversees the entire athletics program in aspects like budget coordination, public relations, fundraising...
DeKalb | Sigma Alpha Mu has performed well in men’s Tugs the last five years, finishing third as a solo team in 2015 — their highest rank since teaming up with other fraternities.In 2010, the team joined forces with Phi Kappa Psi and Pi Kappa Phi,...
Fans watch as the Huskies beat Ball State 59-41 on Oct. 10 at Huskie Stadium. The game was one of six games part of the Mission 6 initiative presented by NIU Athletics. The initiative, which made students eligible for free tuition for the spring 2016 semester if they attended and stayed at every home football game, was declared unsuccessful as the goal to have at least 6,000 NIU students at each game was not accomplished.
