Staff Directory

Mailing Address:
Intercollegiate Athletics
Convocation Center (CV)
Dekalb, IL  60115
Main Phone: (815) 753-1295
Fax Number: (815) 753-7700

Executive Administration
Associate V.P./Director of Athletics Jeff Compher jcompher@niu.edu (815) 753-7370
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Administration Christian Spears cspears@niu.edu (815) 753-9494
Associate Athletics Director Carl Armato carmato@niu.edu (815) 753-1628
Associate Athletics Director/External Affairs Shelley Binegar sbinegar@niu.edu (815) 753-0800
Associate Athletics Director/Business Affairs/
Senior Woman Administrator
Debra Boughton
dboughton1@niu.edu (815) 753-9541
Associate Athletics Director/Major Gifts Mark Muhlhauser mmuhlhauser@niu.edu (815) 753-2029
NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative Matt Streb mstreb@niu.edu (815) 753-7040
Senior Administrative Assistant Janaan Mickey  jsmickey@niu.edu (815) 753-7370
Baseball - CV 224A
Head Coach Ed Mathey emathey@niu.edu (815) 753-2225
Associate Head Coach Steve Joslyn sjoslyn@niu.edu (815) 753-0147
Assistant Coach Ray Napientek rnapientek@niu.edu (815) 753-0147
Assistant Coach Jason Smith jsmith97@niu.edu (815) 753-0147
Men's Basketball - CV 231
Head Coach Mark Montgomery -- (815) 753-1633
Assistant Coach Todd Townsend townsend@niu.edu (815) 753-1629
Assistant Coach Jon Borovich jborovich@niu.edu (815) 753-1361
Assistant Coach Lou Dawkins ldawkins@niu.edu (815) 753-9115
Director of Basketball Operations Jason Larson jlarson5@niu.edu (815) 753-1362
Women's Basketball - CV 230
Head Coach Kathi Bennett
-- (815) 753-0586
Associate Head Coach Marsha Frese mfrese@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Assistant Coach Joe Conroy jconroy@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Assistant Coach Shannon Baugh sbaugh@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Director of Basketball Operations Danielle Gratton
dgratton@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Cheerleading - CV 213
Head Coach Heather Daley hdaley@niu.edu (708) 227-5460
Women's Cross Country - CV 223D
Head Coach Greg Hipp ghipp@niu.edu (815) 753-9474
Volunteer Assistant Andres Young TBA (815) 753-0836
Football - Yordon Center
Head Coach Dave Doeren CoachDoeren@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Jay Niemann jniemann@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks TBA TBA (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach/Tight Ends and Fullbacks Kevin Kane kkane@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach/Offensive Line Rod Carey rcarey@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach/Linebackers TBA TBA (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach/Defensive Line Ryan Nielsen rnielsen1@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers Bob Cole rcole2@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach Frisman Jackson TBA (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks Richard McNutt rmcnutt@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Director for Football Operations Matt Lipman mlipman@niu.edu (815) 753-8406
Secretary Julie Edwards jaedwards@niu.edu (815) 753-0220
Secretary Joyce James jjames@niu.edu (815) 753-0790
Men's Golf - CV 224E
Head Coach Tom Porten
tporten@niu.edu (815) 753-1816
Assistant Coach Andrew Frame TBA (815) 753-9201
Women's Golf - CV 224D
Head Coach Pam Tyska ptyska@niu.edu (815) 753-1548
Assistant Coach Jessica Struthers jstruthers@niu.edu (815) 753-6888
Gymnastics - CV 220C
Head Coach Sam Morreale smorreale1@niu.edu (815) 753-1498
Assistant Coach Dawnita Teague nteague@niu.edu (815) 753-1871
Assistant Coach TBA TBA (815) 753-1871
Men's Soccer - CV 223E
Head Coach Eric Luzzi eluzzi@niu.edu (815) 753-1372
Associate Head Coach Scott Donnelly
sdonnelly1@niu.edu
(815) 753-6873
Assistant Coach Garrett Biller gbiller@niu.edu (815) 753-6873
Assistant Coach Mike Boland mboland@niu.edu (815) 753-6873
Director of Operations Josh Woita jwoita@niu.edu (815) 753-6873
Women's Soccer - CV 223F
Head Coach John Ross TBA (815) 753-9535
Assistant Coach Jason Burr jburr@niu.edu (815) 753-2355
Assistant Coach TBA TBA TBA
Softball - CV 220E
Head Coach Lindsay Chouinard lchouinard@niu.edu (815) 753-1497
Assistant Coach Megan Ciolli mciolli@niu.edu (815) 753-2245
Assistant Coach Jenna Roberts jroberts8@niu.edu (815) 753-2245
Men's Tennis - CV 224C
Head Coach Patrick Fisher pfisher1@niu.edu (815) 753-6845
Assistant Coach Javier Bernabe jbernabe1@niu.edu (815) 753-6845
Women's Tennis - CV 224C
Head Coach Ryun Ferrell rferrell@niu.edu (815) 753-9536
Assistant Coach Jessica Gomez TBA (815) 753-9536
Women's Track and Field - CV 223D
Director of Track and Field and Cross Country/Head Coach Connie Teaberry cteaberry@niu.edu (815) 753-0571
Cross Country Head Coach/T&F Assistant Coach Greg Hipp ghipp@niu.edu (815) 753-9474
Assistant Coach Kevin Dwyer kdwyer@niu.edu (815) 753-0836
Volunteer Assistant Andres Young TBD (815) 753-0836
Volleyball - 223B & 223C
Head Coach Ray Gooden rgooden@niu.edu (815) 753-9533
Assistant Coach (Recruiting Requests) Coley Pawlikowski coley@niu.edu (815) 753-1496
Assistant Coach (Video & Practice Requests) Dan Pawlikowski dpawlikowski@niu.edu (815) 753-1496
Wrestling - CV 219A
Head Coach Ryan Ludwig rludwig@niu.edu (815) 753-9478
Assistant Coach Dominic Moyer dmoyer@niu.edu (815) 753-2915
Assistant Coach Jeff Breese dbreese@niu.edu (815) 753-2915
Volunteer Assistant Ryan Tomei TBA (815) 753-2915
Student-Athlete Academic Services - Yordon Center
Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Academic Services Elizabeth Tovar etovar@niu.edu (815) 753-1727
Assistant Director Andy Owen aowen@niu.edu (815) 753-1654
Coordinator John Bruno jbruno2@niu.edu (815) 753-9246
Assistant Dana Hanselmann dhanselmann@niu.edu (815)-753-1812
Assistant Jennifer Rice jrice2@niu.edu (815)-753-1812
Office Manager Leonard Legrand llegrand@niu.edu (815) 753-1342
Athletic Training - Yordon Center
Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training Phil Voorhis pvoorhis@niu.edu (815) 753-0211
Assoc. Athletic Trainer Jeff Sisson jsisson@niu.edu (815) 753-4839
Asst. Athletic Trainer Tetsuo Yamanaka tyamanaka@niu.edu (815) 753-1391
Asst. Athletic Trainer Katie Freece kfreece@niu.edu (815) 753-9477
Asst. Athletic Trainer Ben Kastler bkastler@niu.edu (815) 753-1624
Athletic Business Office - CV 204
Account Tech Daksha Patel dkpatel@niu.edu (815) 753-9482
Account Tech Jake Waddle jwaddle@niu.edu (815) 753-1873
Account Tech Lesslie Erickson lerickson@niu.edu (815) 753-9543
Career Development
Associate Athletics Director Monique Bernoudy mbernoudy@niu.edu (815) 753-9182
Compliance - Convocation Center
Assistant Athletic Director/Compliance and Student Services Lindsey Hicks lhicks@niu.edu (815) 753-8290
Compliance Coordinator TBD TBD (815) 753-8339
Development - CV 213
Director of Development Zach Sweers zsweers@niu.edu (815) 753-5510
Assistant Director of Development Aaron Scissors ascissors@niu.edu (815) 753-9198
Development Assistant Ryan O'Connor ryan.oconnor@niu.edu (815) 753-1801
Administrative Assistant Darlene Boyles lboyles@niu.edu (815) 753-1923
Equipment 
Equipment Supervisor (CV) Mike DeFauw mdefauw@niu.edu (815) 753-1941
Football Equipment Manager (YC) Alvy Armstrong aarmstrong@niu.edu (815) 752-8409
Equipment Assistant (HS) Dan Stinson dstinson2@niu.edu (815) 753-8409
Facilities and Event Operations - CV 219
Assistant Athletic Director Sue Hansfield shansfield@niu.edu (815) 753-9544
Graduate Assistant Kyle Skarb kskarb1@niu.edu (815) 753-5300
Graduate Assistant Steve Tovar TBA TBA
Camps Coordinator TBA sportscamps@niu.edu (815) 753-5300
Human Resources - CV 200
Director of Personnel Sheila Berg sberg@niu.edu (815) 753-1494
Information Technology - CV 212
Coordinator Susie Armbrust susie@niu.edu (815) 753-3009
Graduate Assistant Bhautik Patel bpatel@niu.edu (815) 753-8040
Marketing and Sales - CV 213
NIU Sports Marketing Office     (815) 753-1343
Director of Sales Clifford Bottigliero cliffordb@niu.edu (815) 753-1292
Director of Marketing TBA TBA (815) 753-0639
Assistant Director of Sales Ryan Harris rharris7@niu.edu (815) 753-8042
Marketing Assistant Adam Kimble akimble1@niu.edu (815) 753-0801
Marketing Assistant Clark Diedrich cdiedrich@niu.edu (815) 753-1828
Media Relations - CV 210
Associate Athletic Director Donna Turner
Football, Gymnastics
donnaturner@niu.edu (815) 753-9513
Associate Director Joe Summins
Football, Softball, Women's Golf
jsummins@niu.edu (815) 753-9539
Assistant Director Jeremy Reid
Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Men's Golf
jreid1@niu.edu (815) 753-3706
Assistant Director Zach Peters
Women's Basketball, Volleyball, Women's Tennis
zpeters2@niu.edu (815) 753-9572
Assistant Director Matt Scheerer
Women's Soccer, Baseball, Men's Tennis
mscheerer@niu.edu (815) 753-1708
Graduate Assistant Michael Benson
Cross Country, Wrestling, Track and Field
mbenson3@niu.edu
(815) 753-9538
Northern Illinois IMG Sports Marketing
Associate General Manager Robert Heck robert.heck@imgworld.com (815) 753-9229
Partner Services Coordinator Mike Olejniczak mike.olejniczak@imgworld.com (815) 753-1966
Strength and Conditioning- Yordon Center
Head Coach Brad Ohrt bohrt@niu.edu (815) 753-9511
Assistant Coach Matthew Jacobs mjacobs@niu.edu (815) 753-0399
Assistant Coach Adam Lang alang1@niu.edu (815) 753-0399
Graduate Assistant TBA TBA (815) 753-0399
Graduate Assistant TBA (815) 753-0399
Ticket Office - CV 203H Director Eric Schultz eschult1@niu.edu (815) 752-6800 Ticket Sales Danielle Dushek danielle@niu.edu (815) 752-6800 Ticket Sales Rona Hardt rhardt1@niu.edu (815) 752-6800



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