Northern Illinois University

• Location: DeKalb, IL
• Nickname: Huskies
• Conference: Mid-American Conference 1974-1982, 1998-present; Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1995-1997; Mid-Continent Conference 1992-1994; Division-I Independents 1991; Midwestern Conference 1971-1972; Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1948-1966; Little 19 Conference 1923-1947
• Ballpark: Ralph McKinzie Field

MLB players who went here

Northern Illinois University started playing baseball in 1900 when the institution was still known as Dixon College. The program was disbanded from 1983 through 1990.

People who went here

• Richard Ackermann, minor league infielder
• Herb Adams, outfielder
• Brad Allen, minor league pitcher
• Steve Arnieri, scout
• Dan Bellino, umpire
• Chris Bourjos, outfielder
• Ned Colletti, general manager
• Mike Davenport, college coach
• Ed Delaporte, college coach
• Paul Ganvik, Elitserien pitcher
• Davy Jones, outfielder
• Shirley Luhtala, AAGPBL player
• Ward Miller, outfielder
• Nick Morreale, Italian Baseball League pitcher
• Al Otto, minor league outfielder
• Fritz Peterson, pitcher
• Brian Schmack, pitcher
• Jeff Stewart, scout
• Tom Tennant, hitter
• Bruce Von Hoff, pitcher

People who coached here

• Nelson Kellogg, 1907-1910
• William Wirtz, 1912-1917
• Robert G. Buzzard, 1920
• Paul Harrison, 1921-1923
• William Muir, 1924-1926
• Roland Cowell, 1927-1929
• George Evans, 1930-1934, 1936-1944, 1946-1947
• C. Nordly, 1935
• Ralph McKinzie, 1945, 1949-1956
• John Pace, 1948
• Darrel Black, 1957-1963
• Tom Meyer, 1964-1969
• Dave Mason, 1970-1971, 1973-1975
• Wayne Franke, 1972
• Walt Owens, 1976-1982
• Spanky McFarland, 1991-1997
• Frank Del Medico, 1998-1999
• Dave Schrage, 2000-2002
• Ed Mathey, 2003-2014
• Mike Kunigonis 2015-2023
• Ryan Copeland, 2024-preesnt

Assistant Coaches

• Vern Hasty, 1991-1993
• Steve Joslyn, 2003-2012
• Andrew Maki, 2015-2021
• Dave Seifert, 2001

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1900	3-3
1901	3-5-1
1902	2-2
1903	4-0
1904	7-4
1905	5-1
1906
1907	4-5
1908	5-6
1909	7-4
1910	10-2
1911
1912	5-3
1913	3-4-1
1914	5-4
1915	3-2
1916	8-1
1917	5-1
1920	10-3
1921	3-3-1
1922	4-7
1923	4-3	4-1
1924	7-3	3-0
1925	11-0	3-0
1926	6-3
1927	2-3
1928	7-2	4-0
1929	3-3	2-1
1930	5-7	4-3
1931	3-5	1-2
1932	3-4	0-1
1933	7-4-1	2-1-1
1934	6-4	3-2
1935	8-1	7-1
1936	5-6	5-3
1937	17-8	12-2
1938	10-12	7-3
1939	10-14	5-5
1940	14-12	8-4
1941	4-14	1-6
1942	8-9	3-3
1943	5-9	1-5
1944	1-9
1945	8-1	4-1
1946	15-3	5-0
1947	13-5-2	3-3
1948	11-11	4-3
1949	10-6	3-4
1950	16-8	6-2
1951	11-6	7-3
1952	5-12	3-7
1953	6-12	2-6
1954	5-15	4-8
1955	5-17	3-9
1956	4-13	3-9
1957	7-10-1	5-5
1958	8-18-1	5-13
1959	13-14	8-9
1960	12-15	5-6
1961	20-13-1	9-8
1962	13-21	6-6
1963	17-17	6-6
1964	23-5	10-2
1965	15-17-1	6-6
1966	13-6-1	6-2
1967	20-14-1
1968	13-14-1
1969	16-19
1970	18-15-1
1971	24-15	5-6
1972	24-8	7-2	CWS District Tournaments
1973	14-15
1974	18-21	7-7
1975	20-17	8-8
1976	15-22	4-10
1977	26-13-2	8-5-1
1978	14-27	2-11
1979	21-24-1	2-13
1980	19-20-2	6-10
1981	19-26-2	6-10-2
1982	19-24-1	4-9-1
1991	11-25
1992	18-36	6-16
1993	16-34-1	6-13
1994	23-30	10-14
1995	27-29	9-7	Midwestern
1996	27-30	12-10	Midwestern
1997	19-29	12-12	Midwestern
1998	10-39-1	8-23
1999	4-51-1	1-31
2000	24-33	11-15	MAC
2001	28-27	10-17
2002	23-32	11-14
2003	34-24	15-11	MAC
2004	31-28	14-10	MAC
2005	16-36	6-18
2006	24-31	8-18
2007	34-24	16-11	MAC
2008	28-26	16-10	MAC
2009	19-34	10-16
2010	24-31	12-15
2011	30-27	16-11	MAC
2012	15-40	7-20
2013	22-34	16-11	MAC
2014	17-35	11-16
2015	22-33	10-17
2016	24-32	14-10	MAC
2017	17-38	11-13	MAC
2018	20-35	9-18
2019	20-36	14-12	MAC
2020	7-10	0-0
2021	16-38	15-25
2022	14-40	13-25
2023	10-43	5-24