DeKALB — After the football team lost the Mallory Cup last season in its inaugural game, the Huskies hope to win the trophy Saturday against the Miami University – Ohio RedHawks. The Mallory Cup honors the late Bill Mallory, who led NIU to its first...
NIU football has been defined by the coaches who have carried the program to new heights. Here are the top 5 most winningest coaches in Huskies history.1. George “Chick” Evans (1929-54)George “Chick” Evans is the winningest coach in the history...
Football head coach Rod Carey is in line to receive bonuses in the sum of $70,000 for the Huskies’ performance on and off the field.Carey is scheduled to make a base salary of $400,000 for the period beginning Jan. 1, 2014, and will get bonuses worth...
Athletics will induct its 31st class into the Hall of Fame.On Oct. 11, seven people will be inducted into the hall of fame at 7 p.m. at the Duke Ellington Ballroom inside the Holmes Student Center. Former head football coach Joe Novak, NFL veteran and...
Mark Montgomery, NIU men’s basketball coach, said he is slowly building up the program the way he wants to. Montgomery, following in the footsteps of Joe Novak, former NIU football coach, said he wants to build the basketball program with a certain...
Former NIU football coach Joe Novak's final season as head coach in 2007 may have been one of his more unsuccessful years, posting a 2-10 record. But it's who Novak recruited that year that ended up having a larger impact on a football program thriving...
