Matt Majkrzak was announced as the 30th head men's basketball coach for NIU on Tuesday. And in his introductory press conference, he made it clear. He wants to win.

Northern Illinois University President Lisa Freeman and Vice President/Director of Athletics and Recreation, Sean Frazier, introduced NIU’s new head men’s basketball coach Matt Majkrzak at a press conference today in the Convocation Center at NIU in DeKalb.

Former Northern Michigan coach Matt Majkrzak will take over the NIU men’s basketball program, looking to stop a streak of six losing seasons for a Huskies program that has only finished above .500 four times this century.

NIU will play its first schedule of all Saturday game in all 30 years, starting and ending its inaugural Mountain West season at home.

Rashon Burno and is no longer the NIU men's basketball coach. He and the school have parted ways after five years according to a press release from the school.

The Seattle Seahawks are on the hook for a $600,000 buyout for Thomas Hammock's contract, according to documents obtained by Shaw Local. Interim coach Rob Harley's contract runs through June 2027 and will earn him $400,000.

The Mountain West update its conference schedule Tuesday, with NIU now playing new member North Dakota State. New Mexico has been removed this year along with a couple other minor changes.

Seven years of Thomas Hammock gave NIU its highest highs and lowest lows. Beat Notre Dame one week, lose to Buffalo two weeks later. A tenure defined by wild swings, never in the order anyone expected.

Interim coach Rob Harley said NIU didn’t stay rattled after Hammock’s departure: “There’s a lot of excitement for what is next.”