List of Northern Michigan University people

Alumni

Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is an alumnus of NMU. As a result, NMU had the first Starbucks in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (formerly located in the Learning Resource Center). He is pictured in the poster at right.

• Kelsey Mann, director, Pixar Inside Out 2
• Nick Baumgartner, Winter X Games gold medalist in 2011 Snowboard Cross event, Olympian
• Andy Bisek, Greco-Roman wrestler
• Steve Bozek, NHL player, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks
• Timothy Bradley, professional boxer, welterweight and junior-welterweight champion
• Jason Cameron, actor and personal trainer; formerly of While You Were Out , currently affiliated with DIY Network
• Lloyd Carr, former head football coach, University of Michigan
• Bob Chase, play-by-play announcer for Fort Wayne Komets
• Cornelius Coe, football player
• Dan David, investor, activist short-seller, and whistle-blower
• Shani Davis, Olympic speed skater; first black athlete from any nation to win gold medal in individual Winter Olympics sport
• Dallas Drake, hockey player, won Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings in 2008; former captain of St. Louis Blues
• Vernon Forrest, professional boxer, welterweight and light-heavyweight champion
• Chad Gable, Greco-Roman wrestler, professional wrestler signed to WWE on the Raw brand
• Jerry Glanville, head coach of NFL's Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons; also of Portland State University ^[1]
• Caitlin Compton Gregg, cross-country skier, took bronze in 2015 World Ski Championships
• Erik Gustafsson, hockey player for Philadelphia Flyers
• Sheila E. Hixson, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• John D. Holum, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security under Bill Clinton. ^[2]
• Tom Izzo, ^[3] men's basketball coach, Michigan State University
• Bobby Jurasin, CFL player for Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Toronto Argonauts
• Tim Kearney NFL, 10 year veteran.
• Bob Kroll, NFL player for Green Bay Packers
• Tom Laidlaw, NHL player
• John Lautner, modern architect
• Mark Maddox, NFL player for Buffalo Bills
• Steve Mariucci, head coach of Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, and University of California ^[4]
• Justin Marlowe, professor of public finance at the University of Washington
• Helen Maroulis, first American gold medalist in Olympic women's freestyle wrestling (2016)
• Randi Miller, Bronze medalist in Olympic women's freestyle wrestling (2008)
• Jason Morgan, Representative-elect for Michigan House of Representatives District 23 and Northern Michigan University Trustee. ^[5]
• Mark Olver, hockey player for Colorado Avalanche
• Nathan Oystrick, hockey player for Phoenix Coyotes
• David Prychitko, researcher, author and professor of economics at Northern Michigan University.
• Jan Quarless, PhD. Division 1 Head Football Coach
• Bruce Remington PhD. Renowned Physicist
• Robert Saleh, NFL Head Coach, New York Jets
• Mike Santorelli, hockey player for Vancouver Canucks
• Howard Schultz, ^[6] CEO and Chairman of Starbucks
• Dave Siciliano, ice hockey coach and player, Master of Physical Education degree
• Joseph A. Strohl, former member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Jackie Swanson, actress, television series Cheers , films including Lethal Weapon and numerous TV commercials
• Brian Viloria, professional boxer
• Don Waddell, NHL player and coach
• Ed Ward, hockey player for Calgary Flames
• Steve Weeks, NHL player, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks
• DaVarryl Williamson, professional boxer, Colorado Golden Gloves Hall of Fame member
• Jake Witt, NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts.
• Jerry Woods, NFL player for Green Bay Packers
• James Worth, state representative ^[7]

References

1. Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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4. "News_Release.Aspx". NFLPlayers.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
5. "Jason T. Morgan". Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
6. "Howard Schultz Biography Activist (1953–)". Biography.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
7. "James Worth". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-12-21.