{"id":558369,"date":"2026-03-24T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558369\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:05:08","slug":"matt-majkrzak-introduced-as-the-niu-mens-basketball-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558369\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Majkrzak Introduced as the NIU Men\u2019s Basketball Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     DEKALB, Ill. \u2013 On Tuesday, March 24, Northern Illinois University President Dr. Lisa Freeman and Vice President\/Director of Athletics and Recreation <a href=\"https:\/\/niuhuskies.com\/staff-directory\/sean-t-frazier\/238\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"238\" target=\"_blank\">Sean T. Frazier<\/a> formally introduced Matt Majkrzak as the new head coach of the Huskie men&#8217;s basketball program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full press conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=da2eeByVtL0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can make deposits for season tickets for the first season of the Matt Majkrzak era online at NIUHuskies.com\/tickets, by contacting the NIU Ticket Office at 815-753-PACK (7225) weekdays between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or via email at huskiestickets@niu.edu.<\/p>\n<p>The Boneyard Competitive Excellence Fund supports Huskie student-athletes with a forward-thinking approach designed to strengthen competitiveness, elevate the student-athlete experience, and secure a successful future for NIU Athletic programs. For more information or to contribute to the Boneyard Competitive Excellence Fund, please contact the Huskies Athletic Fund at 815-753-1923 or huskieathleticfund@niu.edu.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; DEKALB, Ill. \u2013 On Tuesday, March 24, Northern Illinois University President Dr. Lisa Freeman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-558369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}