NIU’s Athletic Department announced Friday six-year football Head Coach Rod Carey will resign from his current position to take the head coaching job at Temple University.
Director of Athletics Sean Frazier credited Carey for leading “the most successful era in NIU's FBS history” is a press release Friday.
"He has worked tirelessly to elevate NIU Football and Northern Illinois University, while making an impact on hundreds of student-athletes,” Frazier said. “Under Rod's leadership, the Huskies have been successful on the field, in the classroom and in the community.”
Carey was introduced as the new coach of Temple at a press conference Friday afternoon.