Jon Borovich
	Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Second Season Alma Mater: Central Michigan

Jon Borovich joined the Northern Illinois men's basketball staff on April 5, 2011, becoming the first addition to head coach Mark Montgomery's staff. Prior to his arrival in DeKalb, Borovich had spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Dayton.

In his first season at NIU, Borovich helped guide one of the youngest teams in the nation to the program's first MAC Tournament victory since 2003, defeating MAC West Champion Eastern Michigan in the opening round of the conference tournament to advance to Cleveland. NIU saw 55.9 percent of its minutes played by freshmen during the 2011-12 season, the sixth-highest percentage in the country, and the Huskies lead the MAC in offensive rebounds while ranking second in rebounding defense and third in rebounding margin.

As an assistant at Dayton, Borovich helped the Flyers advance to the postseason in each of the past four seasons. In his first season, 2007-08, Dayton started 14-1 and climbed to No. 14 in the Associated Press poll, the highest ranking for the program in 40 years. The next season, Dayton was again nationally-ranked and finished with a 27-8 record, including a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

In 2009-10, Borovich helped UD win 25 games and the NIT Championship, the first NIT crown for the program since 1968. In his final season on the Flyer staff, 2010-11,Dayton finished with a 22-14 mark, reaching the championship game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and advancing to the NIT.

Borovich began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Michigan State from 2001-03. He then spent two seasons, 2003-05, at Dayton as the Director of Basketball Operations. After working as an assistant coach at Oakland University for two years from 2005-07, Borovich returned to Dayton in 2007 in an assistant coaching role.

During his two seasons at Oakland, the Golden Grizzlies won 30 games. In Borovich's second year, Oakland compiled a 19-14 mark, the most wins for the school since joining Division I in 1997. Borovich helped the Golden Grizzlies recruit a class that, as juniors and seniors, went 34-2 in the Summit League and appeared in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments.

A native of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Borovich assisted in video analysis as a graduate assistant at Michigan State while completing his master's degree in athletics administration. He then followed Michigan State assistant coach Brian Gregory to Dayton, where he was the Director of Basketball Operations for two seasons. In his first year, the Flyers won the Maui Invitational, reached the NCAA Tournament and finished with a 24-9 overall record.

Borovich played collegiately at Central Michigan from 1997-2001, while NIU head coach Mark Montgomery was working as an assistant coach for the Chippewas. As a senior, Borovich was a part of CMU's Mid-American Conference championship team that finished with 20 wins, the most for the school since the 1986-87 season.

He earned his bachelor's degree in sports studies from Central Michigan in 2001, with a double minor in psychology and coaching. Borovich was a team captain for the Chippewas as a junior and senior while also earning Academic All-MAC honors as a senior. His family includes his wife, Kara.