Cedar Falls, Ia. - Mike Waddell showed Friday that if he becomes the athletic director at Northern Iowa, he will bring energy, humor and an ability to think on his feet. Waddell, senior associate director of athletics at Cincinnati, told a public for… more »

CEDAR FALLS — Mike Waddell looked ready to press the flesh, kiss the babies and campaign for a job Friday. Yet, well before the athletic director hopeful canvassed the University of Northern Iowa’s campus, colleagues did some stumping for him. "He… more »

CEDAR FALLS — Terry Wanless has hired and fired coaches. He has dealt with budget concerns, gender equity issues and academic struggles. Unlike the other four finalists for the vacant Northern Iowa athletic director position, Wanless has also been th… more »

Falls, Ia. - Terry Wanless has two distinct advantages over his competition to become athletic director at Northern Iowa: He's the only hopeful to have been a football coach, and he's the only one currently serving as the athletic director of another sc… more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Patrick Mahoney and four teammates were getting their photograph taken together on the infield at Howard Wood Field on Saturday when Mahoney asked the group a question. A senior, Mahoney wondered if any of them knew who was the fi… more »

It’s last call in the North Central Conference. The league served its final championship trophies this weekend, and all that remain are memories. The lights at the league office in the Ramkota Hotel on the north side of Sioux Falls will shut off for… more »

CEDAR FALLS — Glen Krupica was dressed for the part, but it’s yet to be determined whether he’ll be the University of Northern Iowa’s leading man. The Northern Illinois senior associate athletics director addressed a collection of reporters Friday af… more »

Cedar Falls, Ia. — Glen Krupica made it clear Friday he wants the athletic director's job at the University of Northern Iowa. "I have no concerns about the job at all, none," Krupica (pronounced Kru-PEA-ca) told a group of Panther coaches and Norther… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- The University of Northern Iowa announced today that it has selected Learfield Sports to retain the comprehensive multimedia rights for Panther athletics for the next eight years, effective with the 2009-2010 academic year. The Learfi… more »

Yes! By SEAN HYLTON, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Northern Iowa has narrowed its list of candidates for the vacant athletic director’s job to five, but only one has a former connection with the school — Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union execu… more »

The five finalists for the University of Northern Iowa's athletic director position will participate in individual public forums at the Curris Business Building on the school's campus. The schedule: — Barbara Walker, Wake Forest senior associate… more »

When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere. Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »

CEDAR FALLS --- Five finalists for the position of director of athletics at the University of Northern Iowa will make campus visits and give public presentations beginning the first full week of May. The finalists are Terry L. Wanless, director of at… more »

CEDAR FALLS — When Chad Rinehart considered the National Football League teams that might draft him last weekend, he figured his best chance would be with one of the franchises based in the Midwest. The Washington Redskins beat them to the University… more »

CEDAR FALLS — Chad Rinehart became the fourth University of Northern Iowa football player to be drafted as high as the third round when the Washington Redskins selected the offensive lineman with the 96th overall pick during day two of the NFL draft Sun… more »