Former UNI assistant coach Kyle Green will serve as the 26th head men’s basketball coach in Panthers history. He returns to UNI to continue a coaching career that has spanned over 30 years across multiple NCAA divisions, including 16 seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa.
Head coach Ben Jacobson and the Panthers are dancing again in March Madness! The University of Northern Iowa returns to the NCAA Tournament on Friday when the Panthers square off with head coach Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm at Viejas Arena in San Diego. Tip time is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. CT with the game being broadcast to a national audience by CBS.
Panther basketball fans are invited to gather for a March Madness celebration as UNI Athletics hosts an NCAA March Madness Selection Sunday watch party, open to the public at the Diamond Event Center located at 5307 Caraway Lane in Cedar Falls on Sunday.
Northern Iowa clinches its sixth MVC Tournament title in program history and earns the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the ninth time in school history.
On February 7, 1976, the first official event inside the UNI-Dome brought the University of Northern Iowa wrestling team face-to-face with the University of Iowa.
UNI volleyball will match up with the Utah Utes in the opening round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, as announced during the release of the bracket on Sunday afternoon on ESPN.
