Josh Holst to Valparaiso transfer Gary Givens 🔥 As it stands today, the NIU QB room sits here: 1. Josh Holst 2. Jalen Macon 3. Brady Davidson Hammock expanded on the room after practice today.

Northern Illinois hasn't made the NCAA Tournament in men's basketball since 1996. The Huskies were coached by Mark Montgomery, who now is the head coach at Detroit Mercy, from 2011-21.

When Northern Illinois football left the Mid-American Conference for the Mountain West in January, many wondered what would happen to the rest of the school’s athletic programs. That question ...

Northern Illinois will move its basketball and other non-football programs to the Horizon League in 2026, the Board of Trustees approved in a vote Thursday. The move is the result of NIU recently ...

Northern Illinois’ non-football sports are joining the Horizon League, per Action Network. There are two exceptions, as wrestling and gymnastics aren’t represented in the Horizon.

Northern Illinois will play one last season in all sports in the 2025-26 academic season in the 13-member configuration of the MAC before their departure. This is a developing story and will be ...

DEKALB — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based Mid-American Conference to a league in which ...

The movement of the Northern Illinois football program from the Mid-American Conference to the Mountain West will affect the university’s 16 other athletic programs.

Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry react to the surprising news that Northern Illinois University will join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member in 2026, analyzing what this means for ...

Northern Illinois has been a member of the MAC from 1975-86 and 1997-2025. The Huskies played football in the Big West from 1992-95, overlapping with Nevada during that period.

Northern Illinois has played 39 seasons in the MAC over two stints from 1975 to 1985 and since 1997. It was in the Big West Conference in football from 1993 to 1995 and operated as an independent ...

The Mountain West Conference is expanding once again. Northern Illinois is paying $2 million to join the league as a football-only member, per Huskie Wire and several other news outlets.