14 | "100 Wins" w/ Sean T. Frazier

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Today in the Big Chair... We have Sean T. Frazier! Listen as Mr. Frazier discusses Why mentorship goes a long way; Why you should travel for opportunities; How he got a D1 opportunity through Ice Hockey; His 90% Student-Athlete Graduation Rate; The Creation of The Husky Fan Advisory board; How to sustain a lasting relationship in this industry and be honest; and Gaining a collective of 100 wins since 2012!

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Sean T. Frazier's Bio

In his ninth year at the helm of the Northern Illinois University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sean T. Frazier has guided the Huskies to historic milestones competitively, academically, and socially, cementing his status as both a national and community leader in diversity and inclusion and led successful fundraising efforts that have transformed the student-athlete experience at NIU.

The passage of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) legislation at the state and NCAA levels, the proposed expansion of the College Football Playoff, and shifting conference affiliations, added to the significant challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, have seen Frazier take the lead on a local, conference and national level, and continue to adapt to change while setting NIU firmly on a path forward now and for the future.

After COVID-19 shut down college athletics in March 2020, Frazier directed the Huskies through a school year and competition season unlike any other, with a focus on protecting the health of NIU student-athletes while providing them with opportunities to compete. Through the pandemic and despite moving to a completely virtual format, NIU’s two premiere fundraising events – Huskies Invest and the Virtual Victor E. Bash – enjoyed record-setting years.

Two NIU teams enjoyed extraordinary success through the extraordinary circumstances of 2020-21 as the Huskie women’s cross country and women’s indoor track and field teams claimed the first Mid-American Conference Championships in school history for those programs. Their wins were the ninth and 10th MAC Championships won by Huskie teams during Frazier’s tenure at NIU, the most MAC titles won under the leadership of any athletic administration in school history. The Huskies also saw men’s and women’s golf, men’s tennis, and gymnastics narrowly miss adding to the championships list with second-place MAC finishes last year.

Huskie football has claimed two MAC titles (2014, 2018) and entered 2021 as the winningest FBS team in the state of Illinois and in the MAC over the last 10 years. Men’s and women’s basketball have both broken postseason droughts under Frazier, with men’s basketball making its first postseason appearance in 20 years in 2016, while the women’s team earned a bid to the WNIT Tournament in 2017. Men’s basketball claimed the MAC West Division title in 2020 before COVID canceled the MAC Tournament, and volleyball (2015, 2016), gymnastics (2019) and men’s tennis (2014, 2015) have all been collected MAC Championship trophies since Frazier’s arrival in 2013.