Northern Illinois

Official Name: 
Northern Illinois University
Nickname: 
Huskies
Mailing Address: 

Convocation Center
1525 Lincoln Highway
DeKalb, IL 60115-2854

Website: 
www.niuhuskies.com
Telephone: 
(815) 753-1706
Fax: 
(815) 753-9540
Enrollment: 
24,945
Arena: 

Convocation Center
Capacity: 9,100
Year Opened: 2002

School Colors: 
Cardinal and Black
Conference: 

Mid-American (1976-86 and since 1998)/West Division
Former Member of Mid-Continent (1991-94) and Midwestern Collegiate (1995-97)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1982, 1991, and 1996
0-3 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1958
1-1 record (.500)

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

John McDougal (10 years from 1977-86, 136-141 record, .491)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Donnell Thomas (1,853 points from 1988-91)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Allen Rayhorn (1,077 from 1979-82)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Paul Dawkins (47 points as senior at Western Michigan in overtime on 2/28/79)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Paul Dawkins* (47 at Western Michigan in OT)
February 28, 1979 (senior/26.7 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Northern Illinois mark set by Larry Wyllie (52 at Eastern Michigan on 2-15-58).

1

2

OT

Total

Northern Illinois

48

42

12

102

Western Michigan

40

50

10

100

Northern Illinois

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Dawkins

16-35

15-18

47

Harris

5-12

0-0

10

Rayhorn

4-9

7-7

15

Rhone

5-8

3-4

13

Bryant

1-5

4-7

6

Clark

2-2

0-0

4

Thrower

2-4

3-4

7

McCuiston

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

35-76

32-40

102

Percentages

.461

.800

Western Michigan

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Curry

10-26

4-4

24

Weishaar

7-10

3-4

17

Seberger

1-6

1-2

3

Cunningham

13-19

2-5

28

Dietrich

4-7

2-4

10

Flanary

2-7

3-3

7

Lawson

5-5

1-3

11

Kyles

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

42-80

16-25

100

Percentages

.525

.640
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

John L. Keith

3

1901, 02, 05

13-7

.650

1902

6-2

Fred Charles

1

1903

2-1

.667

1903

2-1

William Crocker

1

1904

3-7

.300

1904

3-7

Harry Sauthoft

1

1906

7-2

.778

1906

7-2

Nelson A. Kellogg

4

1907-10

17-27

.386

1908

7-6

William Wirtz

8

1911-18

57-31

.648

1918

8-2

Ralph Wagner

2

1919-20

13-10

.565

1920

11-7

Milo Oakland

3

1921-23

25-18

.581

1921

13-4

William Muir

3

1924-26

34-11

.756

1926

15-2

Roland Cowell

3

1927-29

40-14

.741

1927

18-1

George G. "Chick" Evans

11

1930-40

125-93

.573

1934

16-2

Ralph McKinzie

8

1941-48

94-56

.627

1945

15-1

Gene Fekete

1

1949

10-11

.476

1949

10-11

Gilbert Wilson

1

1950

4-17

.190

1950

4-17

Gilman Hertz

4

1951-54

35-44

.443

1953

13-7

William A. Healey

6

1955-63

96-94

.505

1960

14-7

Everett "Ev" Cochrane

3

1964-66

33-34

.493

1965

12-10

Tom Jorgensen

7

1967-73

96-71

.575

1972

21-4

Emory Luck

3

1974-76

21-53

.284

1975

8-15

John McDougal

10

1977-86

136-141

.491

1981

17-12

Jim Rosborough

3

1987-89

28-56

.333

1989

11-17

Jim Molinari

2

1990-91

42-17

.712

1991

25-6

Brian Hammel

10

1992-2001

117-138

.459

1996

20-10

Andy Greer

1

2001

4-17

.190

2001

4-17

Rob Judson

6

2002-07

74-101

.423

2006

17-11

Ricardo Patton

4

2008-11

35-83

.297

2009, 2010

10-20
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,160-1,164 (.499) from 1901 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Northern Illinois moved up to major-college status in 1968
  • Greer was named interim coach after Hammel lost six of first seven games in 2000-01.