DeKALB | NIU football head coach Dave Doeren couldn’t wait to hit the road and recruit players for his inaugural 2011 class. At the same time, the first-year head coach is pleased for the process to be over. “I’m equally excited to have it over...
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...
Nearly two months after being named the new head coach of NIU football, Dave Doeren has completed his coaching staff, naming Richard McNutt the Huskies' cornerbacks coach. McNutt has spent time as a coach at the NFL level with the Cleveland Browns, coaching...
Four years ago, Chad Spann walked onto the NIU football team and earned a scholarship. As a departing senior, he has his sights set a little higher in 2011. After helping the Huskies cap a 11-3 season with a victory in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl, Spann...
Adam Kiel is a mountain of a man. But even the 6'5", 308-pound NIU offensive lineman could not do all of the pushing required in helping the area of New Orleans still recovering from Hurricane Katrina more than five years ago. The redshirt reserve offensive...
With the conclusion of the 2010 college football season, eyes have already started to turn to 2011.The NIU football team finished off its 2010 campaign last month with a rousing 40-17 victory over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. By earning...
December had not been kind to the NIU football team leading up to the Huskies 40-17 win over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. NIU (11-3 overall, 8-0 MAC) lost to Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship game on Dec. 3. The team lost its head coach...
Last month, the NIU football team went to a bowl game it deserved to be in and played a team of comparable ability. Nice concept, isn't it? It's unfortunate this notion has been lost on NIU in recent years. The Huskies - along with many other mid-major...
Midwest-recruiting ties, an FCS National Championship and an appearance in the Rose Bowl are the reasons Jeff Compher wanted Dave Doeren as the NIU football team's head coach. Compher, NIU's Director of Athletics, introduced Doeren as head coach days...
NIU fans have no reason to be upset with Jerry Kill for taking the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota. Those same fans have every right to be upset with how Kill did it. Consider this: at Sunday night's annual football banquet at NIU, Kill...
NIU head coach Jerry Kill doesn't believe in fate. It certainly seems like fate had a hand in things Friday night, as No. 24 NIU lost to Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship game 26-21, on a last-minute touchdown throw from freshman RedHawk Austin Boucher...
