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Head Coach Thomas Hammock and his son Thomas Douglas Hammock share a moment during the NIU football coaches introductory news conference Jan. 18.

Hammock’s loyalty runs deep for NIU

By James Krause | February 13, 2019

Head Coach Thomas Hammock and his son Thomas Douglas Hammock share a moment during the NIU football coaches introductory news conference Jan. 18.

Football head coach Thomas Hammock is among the 2022 Hall of Fame inductees.

Hammock is an exemplary choice

By Northern Star Editorial Board | January 23, 2019

The Northern Star Editorial Board would like to congratulate Head Football Coach Thomas Hammock and NIU for finding a perfect marriage. In sports, loyalty is never easy to come by, and Hammock exemplifies the Huskies’ “hard way.”Hammock played football...

NIU Athletics announces new strategic plan

By Northern Star Staff | November 28, 2018

NIU’s athletic department announced their strategic plan for 2018-2021 Nov. 16, outlining how they will move forward with improvements to university athletics.This is its second three-year plan, and it is based on four pillars: student-athlete experience,...

Costly Facility Master Plan will reward university in long term

By Northern Star Editorial Board | November 4, 2014

Athletic Director Sean Frazier’s Facility Master Plan may one day be seen as one of the catalysts in helping NIU make the jump to a bigger conference.Frazier’s Facility Master Plan, unveiled Thursday with a price tag of an estimated $138 million,...

Students: Embrace Baker’s vision

By Bob Brigham Jr. | September 29, 2014

I have lived in DeKalb since 1957; my wife Alina and I have three young children, care deeply about DeKalb and, of course, NIU.My father Bob Sr. was NIU’s athletic director for many years and my mother Gertrude taught girls physical education at DeKalb...

Frazier no rookie to university athletics

By Jacob Onak | July 29, 2013

A new era is about to start in NIU athletics: the Sean Frazier era.Frazier was named the new athletic director on July 16 and is starting to get settled into DeKalb and NIU athletics.Frazier takes over from Jeff Compher, who stepped down on March 6 to...

Sean Frazier hired as new athletics director

By Jacob Onak | July 16, 2013

Sean Frazier is the new athletics director of NIU.Frazier has been the deputy athletics director at the University of Wisconsin since April 2011. Before being promoted to deputy athletics director, Frazier was the associate athletic director for operations...