Mel Tucker has announced that Scottie Hazelton will join the Spartan staff as the Secchia Family Defensive Coordinator. Hazelton is the 10th assistant coach Tucker has hired, rounding out his full-time assistant coaching staff for the 2020 season. A 24-year coaching veteran with stints at all levels of collegiate football and the NFL, Hazelton arrives in East Lansing after spending one season as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Kansas State in 2019.