They are old. They hear about it, too. Just about every day from the youngsters on the men’s basketball staff at Michigan State. This is one reason Tom Izzo relates so well to them, to Mike Garland and Doug Herner, to the assistant coach and the assistant video coordinator — he’s known them forever. Garland for more than 40 years, Herner for north of 30. Without them, Izzo would not be who he is.
Source: Detroit Free Press