Staff Directory

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

Executive Administration
Acting Director of Athletics Christian Spears cspears@niu.edu (815) 753-7370
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
Assistant Coach Tom Carcione tcarcione@niu.edu (815) 753-0147
Assistant Coach Todd Coryell tcoryell@niu.edu (815) 753-0147
Assistant Coach TBA TBA (815) 753-0147
Men's Basketball - CV 231
Head Coach Mark Montgomery -- (815) 753-1633
Assistant Coach Jon Borovich jborovich@niu.edu (815) 753-1361
Assistant Coach TBD TBD (815) 753-1629
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
Assistant Coach Kevin McManaman kmcmanaman@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Assistant Coach TBD TBD (815) 753-0586
Assistant Coach TBD TBD (815) 753-0586
Graduate Assistant Coach Stephanie Smith ssmith25@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Director of Basketball Operations Debbie Whitman dwhitman@niu.edu (815) 753-0586
Cheerleading - CV 213
Head Coach Heather Bennett hdaley@niu.edu (708) 227-5460
Women's Cross Country - CV 223D
Head Coach Greg Hipp ghipp@niu.edu (815) 753-9474
Volunteer Assistant J.P. Teach TBA (815) 753-0836
Football - Yordon Center
Head Coach Rod Carey coachcarey@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Jay Niemann jniemann@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Bob Cole rcole2@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Brett Diersen bdiersen@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator Kevin Kane kkane@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Running Backs Kelton Copeland kcopeland3@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Tight Ends & Fullbacks/Camp Coordinator Tim Polasek tpolasek@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Offensive Line Joe Tripodi jtripodi@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers Thad Ward tward2@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Coach, Cornerbacks Kelvin Sigler ksigler@niu.edu (815) 753-1825
Assistant Athletic Director, Football Operations Matt Lipman mlipman@niu.edu (815) 753-8406
Assistant Director of Football Operations/Recruiting TBA TBA (815) 753-0790
Assistant Director of Football Operations/Video Dan Wolfe TBA (815) 753-8484
Secretary Julie Edwards jaedwards@niu.edu (815) 753-0220
Men's Golf - CV 224E
Director of Golf/Head Men's Coach Tom Porten tporten@niu.edu (815) 753-1816
Assistant Coach Andrew Frame aframe1@niu.edu (815) 753-9201
Women's Golf - CV 224D
Director of Golf Tom Porten tporten@niu.edu (815) 753-1816
Head Coach Kim Kester kkester@niu.edu (815) 753-1548
Assistant Coach Andrew Frame aframe1@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 Chris Weiss cweiss@niu.edu (815) 753-1871
Men's Soccer - CV 223E
Head Coach Eric Luzzi eluzzi@niu.edu (815) 753-1372
Assistant Coach Garrett Biller gbiller@niu.edu (815) 753-6873
Assistant Coach Mike Boland mboland@niu.edu (815) 753-6873
Women's Soccer - CV 223F
Head Coach John Ross jross1@niu.edu (815) 753-9535
Assistant Coach Christie Chappell cchappell@niu.edu (815) 753-2355
Assistant Coach Connor McKee cmckee@niu.edu (815) 753-2355
Volunteer Assistant Mary Dorn z1692301@students.niu.edu
Softball - CV 220E
Head Coach Christina Sutcliffe csutcliffe@niu.edu (815) 753-1497
Assistant Coach Jenna Roberts jroberts8@niu.edu (815) 753-2245
Assistant Coach Heather Han hhan@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 Sara McLaughlin smclaughlin1@niu.edu (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 J.P. Teach TBA (815) 753-0836
Volleyball - 223B & 223C
Head Coach Ray Gooden rgooden@niu.edu (815) 753-9533
Assistant Coach Lynnette Moster lmoster@niu.edu (815) 753-1496
Assistant Coach Joe Julkowski jjulkowski@niu.edu (815) 753-1496
Wrestling - CV 219A
Head Coach Ryan Ludwig rludwig@niu.edu (815) 753-9478
Assistant Coach Dominick Moyer dmoyer@niu.edu (815) 753-2915
Assistant Coach John Helgerson jhelgerson@niu.edu (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
Accountant Lesslie Erickson lerickson@niu.edu (815) 753-9543
Account Tech Daksha Patel dkpatel@niu.edu (815) 753-9482
Account Tech Jennifer Pietrandrea jpietrandrea@niu.edu (815) 753-9542
Account Tech Beth Chilton bchilton@niu.edu (815) 753-3358
Account Tech Kristine Collin kcollin@niu.edu (815) 753-1873
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 Kiera Miller kmiller4@niu.edu (815) 753-8339
Development - CV 213
Director of Development Zach Sweers zsweers@niu.edu (815) 753-5510
Assistant Director of Development Kyle Skarb kskarb1@niu.edu (815) 753-9198
Development Assistant Ryan Schulman rschulman@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) Mike Valentine TBA (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
Facilities Director TBA TBA -
Graduate Assistant Matt Gonzalez mgonzalez12@niu.edu (815) 753-9590
Human Resources - CV 200
Director of Personnel Sheila Berg sberg@niu.edu (815) 753-1494
Information Technology - CV 212
Coordinator TBA TBA (815) 753-3009
Graduate Assistant Harinath Reddy Gangula hgangula@niu.edu (815) 753-8040
Marketing and Sales - CV 213
NIU Sports Marketing Office     (815) 753-1343
Assistant Athletic Director/Marketing Greg Herring gherring@niu.edu (815) 753-0639
Director of Sales Clifford Bottigliero cliffordb@niu.edu (815) 753-1292
Assistant Director of Sales TBA TBA (815) 753-8042
Marketing Assistant Taylor Noon tnoon1@niu.edu (815) 753-0801
Marketing Assistant TBA TBA (815) 753-1828
Media Relations - CV 210
Associate Athletic Director Donna Turner
Football, Gymnastics, Women's Tennis 		donnaturner@niu.edu (815) 753-9513
Associate Director Joe Summins
Football, Women's Basketball, 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 TBA
 TBA (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, Volleyball, Wrestling, Track and Field
 mbenson3@niu.edu
 (815) 753-9538
Northern Illinois IMG Sports Marketing
General Manager Casey Kahler casey.kahler@imgworld.com (815) 753-9229
Account Executive Colin McGettigan colin.mcgettigan@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 Julius Williams jwilliams15@niu.edu (815) 753-0399
Graduate Assistant Joe Pawlak jpawlak1@niu.edu (815) 753-0399
Ticket Office - CV 203H
Director Eric Schultz eschult1@niu.edu (815) 752-6800
Events Administrator Dayna Greer djgreer@niu.edu (815) 752-6800
Ticket Sales Rona Hardt rhardt1@niu.edu (815) 752-6800



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