Megan Franklin was introduced as the new director of athletics at Northern Iowa. Franklin had been the senior associate AD at Drake for the past 12 years and also had a nine-year stint at Virginia Tech. She was impressed with the family atmosphere at UNI.

Franklin says UNI ranks at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference in several categories.

Franklin says in this era of the transfer portal and N-I-L increased fundraising becomes even more important.

Franklin says her job is to help the coaches and athletes succeed.