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Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois Huskies
2023 Northern Illinois Huskies baseball team
Founded	1900
University	Northern Illinois University
Head coach	Ryan Copeland (1st season)
Conference	Mid–American
Location	DeKalb, Illinois
Home stadium	Ralph McKinzie Field ; (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Huskies
Colors	Cardinal and black;
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)

Northern Illinois Huskies baseball

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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.

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Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
1900	Fred Charles	3–3
1901	Fred Charles	3–5–1
1902	Fred Charles	2–2
1903	A.F. Johnson	4–0
1904	Henry Stiness	7–4
1905	A.C. Kinsbury	5–1
1907	Nelson A. Kellogg	4–5
1908	Nelson A. Kellogg	5–6
1909	Nelson A. Kellogg	7–4
1910	Nelson A. Kellogg	10–2
1912	William Wirtz	5–3
1913	William Wirtz	3–4–1
1914	William Wirtz	5–4
1915	William Wirtz	3–2
1916	William Wirtz	8–1
1917	William Wirtz	5–1
1920	Robert G. Buzzard	10–3
1921	Paul Harrison	3–3–1
1922	Paul Harrison	4–7
1923	Paul Harrison	4–3
1924	William Muir	7–3	N/A	1st
1925	William Muir	11–0	N/A	1st
1926	William Muir	6–3
1927	Roland Cowell	2–3
1928	Roland Cowell	7–2
1929	Roland Cowell	3–3
1930	Chick Evans	5–7
1931	Chick Evans	3–5
1932	Chick Evans	3–4
1933	Chick Evans	7–4–1
1934	Chick Evans	6–4
1935	C. Nordly	8–1
1936	Chick Evans	5–6	N/A	1st
1937	Chick Evans	17–8
1938	Chick Evans	10–12
1939	Chick Evans	10–14
1940	Chick Evans	14–12
1941	Chick Evans	4–14
1942	Chick Evans	8–9
1943	Chick Evans	5–9
1944	Chick Evans	1–9
1945	Ralph McKinzie	8–1	N/A	1st
1946	Chick Evans	15–3	7–0	1st
1947	Chick Evans	13–5–2	N/A
1948	John Pace	11–11	4–3	3rd
1949	Ralph McKinzie	10–6	3–4
1950	Ralph McKinzie	16–8	N/A	1st
1951	Ralph McKinzie	11–6	N/A	1st
1952	Ralph McKinzie	5–12	3–7	4th
1953	Ralph McKinzie	6–12	2–6	5th
1954	Ralph McKinzie	5–15	4–8
1955	Ralph McKinzie	5–17	2–8
1956	Ralph McKinzie	4–13	3–9	6th
1957	Darrel Black	7–10–1	5–5	4th
1958	Darrel Black	8–18–1	7–10
1959	Darrel Black	13–14	9–8
1960	Darrel Black	12–15	5–6	6th
1961	Darrel Black	20–13–1	7–8	4th
1962	Darrel Black	13–21	5–7	4th
1963	Darrel Black	17–17	6–6	4th
1964	Thomas L. Meyer	23–5	10–2	1st
1965	Thomas L. Meyer	15–17–1	6–6	2nd
1966	Thomas L. Meyer	13–6–1	6–2	2nd
1967	Thomas L. Meyer	20–14–1
1968	Thomas L. Meyer	13–14–1
1969	Thomas L. Meyer	16–19
Dave Mason (1970–1971)
1970	Dave Mason	18–15–1
1971	Dave Mason	24–15	5–6
Wayne Franke (1972–1972) {{CBB Yearly Record Entry						championship = conference	season = 1972	name = Wayne Franke
2000	Dave Schrage	24–33	11–15	6th (West)
2001	Dave Schrage	28–27	10–17	5th (West)
2002	Dave Schrage	23–32	11–14	5th (West)
Ed Mathey (2003–2014)
2003	Ed Mathey	34–24	15–11	3rd (West)
2004	Ed Mathey	31–28	14–10	2nd (West)
2005	Ed Mathey	16–36	8–16	6th (West)
2006	Ed Mathey	24–31	8–18	6th (West)
2007	Ed Mathey	34–24	16–11	3rd (West)
2008	Ed Mathey	28–26	16–10	2nd (West)
2009	Ed Mathey	19–34	10–16
2010	Ed Mathey	24–31	12–15	5th (West)
2011	Ed Mathey	30–27	16–11
2012	Ed Mathey	15–40	7–20
2013	Ed Mathey	22–34	16–11	1st (West)
2014	Ed Mathey	17–36–1	11–16	5th (West)
Mike Kunigonis (2015–2023)
2015	Mike Kunigonis	22–33	10–17	5th (West)
2016	Mike Kunigonis	24–32	14–10	2nd (West)
2017	Mike Kunigonis	17–38	11–13	5th (West)
2018	Mike Kunigonis	20–36	9–18	10th
2019	Mike Kunigonis	20–36	14–12	5th
2020	Mike Kunigonis	7–10	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Mike Kunigonis	16–38	15–25	T-9th
2022	Mike Kunigonis	14–40	13–25	10th
2023	Mike Kunigonis	10–43	5–24	11th
Total:		1426-1685-26
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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Northern Illinois Huskies
2023 Northern Illinois Huskies baseball team

Founded	1900 (1900)
University	Northern Illinois University
Head coach	Ryan Copeland (1st season)
Conference	Mid–American
Location	DeKalb, Illinois
Home stadium	Ralph McKinzie Field (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Huskies
Colors	Cardinal 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)