Northern Illinois Huskies baseball

Northern Illinois Huskies
2023 Northern Illinois Huskies baseball team
Founded1900 (1900)
UniversityNorthern Illinois University
Head coachRyan Copeland (1st season)
ConferenceMid–American
LocationDeKalb, Illinois
Home stadiumRalph McKinzie Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
NicknameHuskies
ColorsCardinal and black[1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1972, 1996
Conference tournament champions
1996 (MCC)
Regular season conference champions
1924, 1925, 1936, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1964 (IIAC)
1972 (Midwestern)

The Northern Illinois Huskies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), which is part of the NCAA Division I. NIU's first baseball team was fielded in 1900. The team plays its home games at Ralph McKinzie Field in DeKalb, Illinois. The Huskies are currently led by head coach Ryan Copeland, who will begin his 1st season with the team in 2024.

  1. ^ "NIU Athletic Marks Standards Guide" (PDF). July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Northern Illinois Huskies". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-04-14.