Northern Illinois Huskies baseball

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), 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 currently led by head coach Ryan Copeland, who will begin his 1st season with the team in 2024.

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
 * 1983-91: NCAA Division I Independent
 * 1992–94: Mid-Continent Conference
 * 1995–97: Midwestern Collegiate Conference
 * 1998 to present: Mid-American Conference (West Division)