Sean T. Frazier

Induction Year: 2024

Location: Harborfields

Category: Athletic Administration

The Harborfields alum is one of the most respected athletic administrators in the country. 

In his 11th year at the helm of the Northern Illinois University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sean T. Frazier has guided the Huskies to historic milestones competitively, academically, and socially, cemented his status as both a national and community leader on diversity and inclusion, and led successful fundraising efforts that have transformed the student-athlete experience at NIU.

Frazier’s record of success at NIU has led to national recognition. In 2021-22, Sports Business Journal named him one of five finalists for the Athletic Director of the Year award, and in 2023, Crain’s Chicago Business recognized him as a Notable Leader IN DEI. 

In the summer of 2023, Frazier was named the third vice president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics after previously serving on the NACDA Executive Board.

Before NIU, Frazier spent six years in senior leadership roles at the University of Wisconsin and was promoted to deputy director of athletics in 2011; Frazier’s duties grew to include managing all day-to-day internal and external operations for Badger Athletics and serving as UW’s Deputy AD and Chief of Staff to Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez.

Frazier began his administrative career at the University of Maine as an assistant football coach in 1995. He was soon tabbed as the athletic department’s multicultural affairs liaison, where he created programs to foster diversity. He was named assistant to the athletic director in 1996 and became an assistant athletic director in 1998. 

He played four years of college football at the University of Alabama from 1987-91 and was a 1989 SEC Championship team member.