The Northern Illinois Huskies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West division, 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 coached by Mike Kunigonis. History , Northern Illinois and Akron are the only current or former MAC schools not to have a player named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year or MAC Baseball Pitcher of the Year since those awards were first given in 1986 and 1988 respectively. Conference membership 1900–22: Independent 1923–66: Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1967: Independent 1968–70: NCAA Division I Independent 1971–73: Midwestern Conference 1974–82: Mid-American Conference 1983–90: Program disbanded 1991: NCAA Division I Independent 1992–94: Mid-Continent Conference 1995–97: Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1998 to present: Mid-American Conference (West Division) Year-by-year results Coaching staff On January 5, 2015, NIU announced Mike Kunigonis as the next baseball head coach. Mike Kunigonis – Head Coach Andrew Maki – Assistant Coach Luke Stewart – Assistant Coach Josh Pethoud – Volunteer Assistant See also List of NCAA Division I baseball programs References Baseball teams established in 1900 1900 establishments in Illinois