Dan Verdun

Dan Verdun grew up in Odell, Illinois and attended Eastern Illinois University. While there he earned bachelor's degrees in journalism and history. While serving as the sports editor for the university's daily newspaper, Verdun covered nearly every intercollegiate sport on campus. In addition, he covered teams led by future New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and future All-Stars Kevin Duckworth in basketball and Kevin Seitzer in baseball. Verdun won a number of awards for sports writing, including placing in the William Randolph Hearst Collegiate Awards (the first in EIU history). Later, he worked in the sports information office. Verdun holds a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Northern Illinois University. He has taught language arts and social studies for nearly 30 years. In addition, Verdun has written for various newspapers, collegehockeynews.com and profootballresearchers.org. Currently, he teaches in Naperville District 204 where he lives with his wife and two children.

NIU Huskies Football was honored by the Illinois Historical Society with a Certificate of Excellence in April 2014.

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