Inspiring. Authentic. Real. Coach. Mentor. Counselor. Teacher. Leader. Irreplaceable. OG. Those are the words used to describe long-time Michigan State men’s basketball assistant coach Mike Garland by some of his former players.
Tag: Mike Garland
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Mike Garland, Mark Montgomery see roles shift
After making some changes to its coaching staff over the offseason, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo announced Monday some additional shifting with his assistants. Mike Garland, a longtime assistant under Izzo, will transition to special assistant to the head coach, while Mark Montgomery will go from recruiting coordinator to one of the Spartans’ three full-time assistant coaches.
Source: Detroit News
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Mike Garland and the untold story of Michigan State’s basketball season
Let’s start at the low point. These times are unsettling enough. Not that Mike Garland was thinking about the coronavirus and the effect it might have on his son. He was just thinking about his son. And whether to immediately drive to Cleveland to see him when the plane he was on landed back in East Lansing.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Mike Garland – Of foxholes, fathers, and fantasies
When Tom Izzo was hired as the Michigan State basketball head coach in 1995 and was thinking about putting together his staff, he uttered the words “if you ever go to war, you want Mike Garland in a foxhole with you”.
Source: The Only Colors
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Tom Izzo, and the ‘grumpy old men’
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
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Tom Izzo Super Assistant Mike Garland: The Forgiven 42
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” Some wills are stronger than others…or perhaps they’re just simply pressed into action more often than others. That’s the case for longtime Michigan State Assistant Coach, Mike Garland, a man in his 17th year at Tom Izzo’s side…a man whose story exists long after the lights in the gym have been turned off.
Source: Spartan Nation
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Spartan Basketball All-Access: “The Story Teller”
Now in his 17th season at Michigan State, assistant Coach Mike “OG” Garland has seen a lot of basketball but his stories are more than just X’s and O’s, hear what turned this once high school coach into the guy he is today. Also, as the student body returns to campus following winter