DeKALB —NIU’s football team held their annual Chicago Media Day on Monday just days before the start of the first season under new head coach Thomas Hammock.
Hammock and several members of the team spoke to the media at Ditka’s Steakhouse in downtown Chicago to preview the 2019 season.
Following a Mid-American Conference championship last season, Hammock said the expectations of the program for the season are a culmination of his work from entering NIU in 1999 as a student to now.
“We’ve got a group of players who expect to win, which is great,” Hammock said.