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  • The challenges for Michigan State’s next athletic director, including NIL

    In announcing Haller’s dismissal effective May 11, Guskiewicz said he’s looking for someone “who can best navigate the changing landscape of collegiate athletics while working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to move Michigan State forward as a leader among the Power Four institutions. ”Translation: Michigan State wants an individual who can strengthen relationships with big-money donors. College athletics change seemingly by the hour and cash is needed to be a real player, especially in football and men’s basketball.

    Source: mlive.com

  • Alan Haller out as Michigan State athletic director

    Alan Haller is out as Michigan State’s athletic director. Haller has been relieved of his duties, ending the tenure of the 54-year-old Lansing native and former Spartan and NFL football player after 3½ years. Haller’s last day will be May 11. Guskiewicz said the university plans to begin a search for a new athletic director in the coming weeks. Jen Smith, MSU’s deputy athletic director and senior women’s administrator/compliance, and men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo will serve as co-interim athletic director in the meantime, the school said in its release.

    Source: Detroit Free Press

  • Jaxon Kohler to foes: ‘This is my game’

    Jaxon Kohler plays with the boundless energy of an uncaged new puppy, barking and bouncing around the court, excited to be doing the things he couldn’t a year ago after foot surgery put a leash on him. Yet at the same time, the Michigan State basketball junior forward channels his enthusiasm through his howls and growls for another reason: to let opponents know he’s an alpha dog.

    Source: Detroit Free Press

  • Why Michigan State can make March Madness run to Final Four

    It has been a wild five months for Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball. The Big Ten regular-season champion Spartans (27-6) are playing at a level they haven’t reached since the cancellation of the NCAA tournament in 2020 —13 consecutive wins at one point this season, and then eight straight before finally losing to Wisconsin on Saturday.

    Source: Detroit Free Press

  • Jeremy Fears thankful to play in March Madness 15 months after shooting

    Michigan State point guard Jeremy Fears is one of the most thankful players in the NCAA Tournament. Fears was relegated to watching March Madness last year, recovering from getting shot. “Grateful,” Fears said. “I’m just happy to be in this position and thank God because I could not be playing basketball.

    Source: AP News

  • Donation to JM athletics program a ‘rewarding feeling’ for Michigan State’s Hall

    In a scene that would’ve been highly unlikely just a few years ago, Fredericksburg native Jordan Hall returned to James Monroe High School Friday as a Division-I football player bearing gifts. Hall, a sophomore linebacker at Michigan State University, presented the JM athletic department with a $3,500 check during halftime of a boys’ basketball game as a way to give back to the school that helped launch his football career.

    Source: Fredricksberg Free Press

  • Haller’s Hires

    Alan Haller has made at least eight head coaching hires in his tenure as Michigan State’s athletic director. Everyone is well familiar with football coach Jonathan Smith, who produced a 5-7 record in his first season at MSU. This probably fell a little bit short of expectations, or at least hopes, for Smith’s inaugural season. Many seemed to be looking for the Spartans to make a bowl game after going two seasons without one.

    Source: The Only Colors

  • Charles Brantley enters transfer portal

    For the third time in his career, veteran Michigan State football cornerback Charles Brantley has entered the transfer portal. Brantley, a redshirt junior, had his best year at MSU this past season before suffering a season-ending injury. He earned an honorable mention on the All-Big Ten team for his strong play.

    Source: Spartans Wire

  • Volleyball Battles Late Against #15 Minnesota

    Michigan State volleyball made things interesting and showed fight in a closely contested third set on Friday night, falling to No. 15-ranked Minnesota, 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 28-26) at the Breslin Student Events Center. “I was glad to see us play competitively in set three,” said Michigan State head coach Leah Johnson.

    Source: Michigan State University Athletics

  • Michigan State WR, former 4-star recruit, no longer on roster

    Michigan State wide receiver Antonio Gates Jr. is no longer on the team’s roster, an athletic department spokesman said on Saturday evening No reason was provided and that could mark the end of the redshirt sophomore’s time with the Spartans. He had nine catches for 131 yards and a touchdown in 14 games over the last two seasons combined

    Source:

    MLive.com

  • Augustine Blanks Canisius, 3-0

    Michigan State earned a 3-0 shutout victory on the road at Canisius on Friday night, improving to 4-1 on the season. Trey Augustine earned his first shutout of the season and fourth of his career, keeping the Spartans in a 1-0 game until the visitors popped a pair of late power-play tallies on a major penalty in the final five minutes of the game. Augustine stopped 15 shots in the victory.

    Source: Michigan State University Athletics

  • Iosia’s Career-High 27 Digs Leads Volleyball Against (RV) Washington

    Michigan State volleyball closed out Homecoming Weekend on Sunday afternoon falling to receiving votes Washington, 3-1 (17-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-18) at the Breslin Student Events Center. Senior libero Nalani Iosia matched her career-high with 27 digs, tying for the third most digs in a match by a B1G player this season.

    Source: Michigan State University Athletics

  • Knorr Scores OT Game-Winner At Ball State

    Lilian Knorr played the role of overtime hero for Michigan State on Sunday, scoring at the 72:25 mark of the second overtime period to propel Michigan State to a 2-1 road victory at Ball State

    Source: Michigan State University Athletics

  • MSU women’s hockey frustrated by lack of support from MSU

    The MSU women’s hockey season will officially start the first week of October, but the ACHA Division I team isn’t considered a club at MSU. It applied to be a club and got denied, so the members that make up the organization are in charge of their own funding for buses, hotels, uniforms and ice time for practice.

    Source: State News

  • Cal Haladay and Jordan Turner on win over Maryland

  • MSU football vs. Florida Atlantic: Prediction, preview, TV, betting

    There are a lot of factors that’ll determine this MSU football season beyond Aidan Chiles. But if the Spartans are going punch up this fall, it’ll likely mean their sophomore quarterback is a difference-maker. Chiles is an immense athlete talent who, by every account, has grown in terms of understanding of Brian Lindgren’s offense and how to read defenses.

    Source: Lansing State Journal

  • Community Letter from AD Alan Haller

    Welcome to the 2024-25 athletic year! There’s something special about new beginnings, as every new season is filled with anticipation and hope. Last year was a highly successful year for Spartan Athletics, as our student-athletes captured six Big Ten titles in competition and posted an all-time department high cumulative GPA in the classroom, while our community filled the stands across all our venues. But in athletics, there’s no time to rest on your laurels, and the focus across the entire department is what’s next and striving to be our absolute best every day.

    Source: Michigan State University Athletics

  • Jonathan Smith chose MSU to win while being a family man

    Among the many things to think about as the new head coach of a Michigan State football team with 61 new players and the season approaching Making sure that, if you do win Friday night’s opener against Florida Atlantic, your players aren’t in the corner of Spartan Stadium, in front of the student section, helmets in hand, mumbling along to “Victory for MSU,” guessing every third word, waiting to belt out a familiar stanza.

    Source: Lansing State Journal

  • Couch: The biggest story in MSU and college athletics is flying under the radar – with tough decisions ahead

    The biggest story in college athletics is flying under the radar, mired by its complexity and lost beneath the enthusiasm for a new college football season. But, a year from now, an already rapidly changing college athletics landscape could feel another major shift. The decisions made between now and then will be illuminating and lasting, lucrative for some and painful for others.

    Source: Lansing State Journal

  • Double-duty Izzo and the day Mariucci nixed his college football career

    Michigan State’s College Football Hall of Fame coach can show his players where he shaped his future, learning his craft as a Division II All-American basketball player who first made the team as a walk-on. Maybe there is time for a side trip to his hometown, Iron Mountain.

    Source: Tom Shanahan Report