Northern Illinois Huskies basketball
Northern Illinois Huskies basketball history
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL)
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Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Current head coach: Rashon Burno (2021-)
- Assoc. HC: Drew Gladstone (2021-)
- Asst: Drew Kelly (2022-)
- Asst: Jacob Kurtz (2022-)
- Asst: Antoni Wyche (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1982, 1991, 1996)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-3
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Vegas 16 Overall Record: 0-1
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (1958)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 0-2
Conference Titles (IIAC, Midwestern, Summit, Horizon, MAC):
- MAC Regular Season Championships: 3 (1981, 2006, 2020)
- Summit League Regular Season Championships: 1 (1991)
- Midwestern (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 1 (1972)
- IIAC (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 4 (1933, 1934, 1941, 1945)
- MAC Tournament Championships: 1 (1982)
- Horizon League Tournament Championships: 1 (1996)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- MAC Player of the Year: 2 (last = Paul Dawkins, 1979)
Northern Illinois head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Rashon Burno | 2021-Pres | 33-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Chapman (int.) | 2021 | 2-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Montgomery | 2011-21 | 124-170 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Patton | 2007-11 | 35-83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Judson | 2001-07 | 74-101 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Greer (int.) | 2000-01 | 4-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hammel | 1991-2000 | 117-138 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Molinari | 1989-91 | 42-17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Rosborough | 1986-89 | 28-56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McDougal | 1976-86 | 136-141 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Emory Luck | 1973-76 | 21-53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Jorgensen | 1966-73 | 95-71 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ev Cochrane | 1963-66 | 33-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Healey | 1954-63 | 96-94 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
| Gilman Hertz | 1950-54 | 35-44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Wilson | 1949-50 | 4-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Fekete | 1948-49 | 10-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph McKinzie | 1940-48 | 94-56 | 2^ | 0 | 0 |
| George “Chick” Evans | 1929-40 | 125-93 | 2^ | 0 | 0 |
| Roland Cowell | 1926-29 | 40-14 | 0 | – | – |
| William Muir | 1923-26 | 34-11 | 0 | – | – |
| Milo Oakland | 1920-23 | 25-18 | 0 | – | – |
| Ralph Wagner | 1918-20 | 13-10 | – | – | – |
| William Wirtz | 1910-18 | 57-31 | – | – | – |
| Nelson A. Kellogg | 1906-10 | 17-27 | – | – | – |
| Harry Sauthoft | 1905-06 | 7-2 | – | – | – |
| John L. Keith | 1900-02, 04-05 | 13-7 | – | – | – |
| William Crocker | 1903-04 | 3-7 | – | – | – |
| Fred Charles | 1902-03 | 2-1 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles and tournament appearance came when the Northern Illinois program was at the Division II level; NIU moved up to Division I prior to the 1967-68 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.