Northern Illinois Huskies

Preseason camp has shown encouraging signs for the Northern Illinois Huskies. With youngsters pushing for starting berths in many sports, the Huskies will once again embark on that quest to fill the trophy cabinet with an elusive National championship. The Huskies is the collective term for the 17 varsity teams (7 men, 10 women) representing the Northern Illinois University, based in DeKalb, Illinois. The teams play in the Mid-American Conference at NCAA Division I level, having earlier been part of Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Big West Conference and Division I-A Independent through their history. Football participates in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Northern Illinois Huskies Tickets are drawing great interest from fans eager for a taste of big-time glory.

Northern Illinois University is situated in DeKalb, Illinois, a city based in DeKalb County. Named after a Revolutionary War hero of German origin, the city has a population of 39,000. Northern Illinois Huskies started out in 1899, five years after the university's formation. Huskie Stadium was opened in 1965, replacing Glidden Field. Constant renovations have increased the football stadium's capacity to 30,076, while scoreboard and video display system have been updated and the new Yordon Athletic Center has been opened in 2007 for athletic training and conditioning purposes. The multi-purpose Convocation Center can host expositions, concerts, graduation and convocation ceremonies in addition to the basketball (both men and women), volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics and women's indoor track and field teams. Opened in 2002, the Convocation Center can seat 10,000 enthusiasts with Northern Illinois Huskies Tickets. The Ralph McKinzie Field plays host to the Huskies baseball team, while golf is played at the notoriously testing Rich Harvest Farms golf course in Sugar Grove. Huskie Soccer Field hosts the university's soccer teams.

Jeff Compher is the Northern Illinois Huskies Athletics Director, bringing with him loads of experience from his general managerial days at University of Washington and Western Carolina University. Selection is in the hands of the sport's respective coaches. Ed Mathy heads baseball, while Mark Montgomery has been handed charge of men's basketball to restore their place in the NCAA Division I Men's basketball tournament, where they last made an appearance in 1996. Dave Doeren has been entrusted with coaching the Huskies football team after Jerry Kill's sudden departure last year. Famous football players inducted into the Huskies Hall of Fame include Gene Belz, Steve Hirsch and George Acker, while basketball has Larry Jackson and T.J. Lux.

Northern Illinois Huskies football have notched up nine conference titles, with all but the 1983 Mid-American Conference title coming in the Interstate or Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were also MAC West Division champions in 2005 and 2010. The Huskies men's basketball team has four conference tournament championships, and seven regular season conference championships. Baseball has two NCAA Tournament appearances (1972, 1996), having suffered from the program's disbanding from 1983 to 1990.

Northern Illinois University has a fine collection of young players hungry for success. The motivation is ever-present to reverse the institution's slide and write their names into the Huskies' glory books. And Northern Illinois Huskies Tickets will allow fans to follow them on their determined exploits.