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Thomas Michael Izzo[1] (/ ˈɪzoʊ /, Italian pronunciation: [ˈittso]); born January 30, 1955) is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach at Michigan State University since 1995. [2] . On April 4, 2016, Izzo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. [3]
As Tom Izzo enters his 30th season as Michigan State head coach and approaches his 70th birthday, he has reaffirmed his commitment to be tough and demanding with his players — but available ...
In this story: Michigan State Spartans. Having been at the helm for three decades now, Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo knows even his role as head coach only goes so far when it ...
During the Spartans’ annual midnight madness event, it was announced that Tom Izzo will have his No. 10 jersey retired at Northern Michigan. Izzo played for the Wildcats in college, and his relationship with Northern Michigan is why the Spartans will play an exhibition game there next week. Izzo’s childhood best friend and former NFL head ...
Tom Izzo hasn't lost a step in his career. Michigan State reached the 2024 NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed, marking Izzo's 26th consecutive trip to March Madness. And for the third year in a...
Tom Izzo. In his first collegiate start, in the fourth game of his sophomore season. The Spartans coasted to an easy 91-59 win against the “sacrificial lambs,” as Izzo called the Wildcats, on ...
Izzo’s 687 wins are fifth most by any coach in his first 28 seasons in the history of college basketball. In late November 2009, he passed his mentor Jud Heathcote (340 wins) to become MSU’s all-time winningest coach. When the Spartans beat Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Big Ten Tournament, Izzo won his 600th career game.
— Back on July 19, 1983, Tom Izzo, an impassioned 28-year-old ex-Division II college basketball player, was named a part-time assistant men’s basketball coach at Michigan State University. He’d...
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo notched his 700th career victory on his 69th birthday Tuesday as the Spartans romped past the rival Wolverines 81-62.
Tom Izzo became the all-time Big Ten leader in career wins Sunday, notching his 663rd victory with Michigan State.