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(03/16/23 11:58pm)
After another underwhelming season of secondary play, Michigan State football and head football coach Mel Tucker announced Thursday evening that Jim Salgado, a former safeties coach for the Buffalo Bills, has been hired as the cornerbacks coach.
(03/16/23 3:57pm)
Senior forward Nicolas Müller and Michigan State hockey announced the news Thursday morning that the team’s leading point-scorer will return to MSU for a fifth season.
(03/17/23 12:00pm)
For its 25th straight year, Michigan State men’s basketball will play in the 2022-23 NCAA tournament, the most consecutive appearances under a single head coach.
(03/16/23 12:00pm)
After all their hard work, grit, and promising performances, four Spartans qualified for the men’s NCAA wrestling championships: junior Chase Saldate, graduate student Cameron Caffey, junior Caleb Fish and redshirt senior Layne Malczewski. This year's showdown will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(03/16/23 2:07am)
Pro Day is a unique opportunity, not just for the upper echelon of NFL Draft prospects. For guys like Michigan State redshirt senior linebacker Ben VanSumeren – a lesser-known prospect on the national ranks – it’s the only one or two shots they get to impress professional scouts.
(03/15/23 10:39pm)
Michigan State redshirt senior wide receiver Jayden Reed, like countless others, was one of the many NFL prospects who dreamt of participating in February’s NFL Scouting Combine.
(03/15/23 10:06pm)
With the postseason on the horizon, Big Ten gymnastics all-conference awards are out.
(03/15/23 2:20am)
Last year around this time, Michigan State football was going into spring practice off the high of an 11-win season that included a win over rival Michigan and concluded with a Peach Bowl victory over Pittsburgh. This upcoming season however, expectations have simmered.
(03/15/23 1:19am)
There is no denying the fact that former Michigan State head women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant has cemented her legacy at the university.
(03/14/23 9:13pm)
The 2022 season didn’t go exactly as planned for Michigan State. The Spartans went 5-7 and missed a bowl game in Head Coach Mel Tucker’s third season, with roster health and talent level just a couple of the contributing factors that led to such a poor showing.
(03/14/23 7:01pm)
Michigan State University women’s basketball Head Coach Suzy Merchant stepped down from the position permanently after leading the team for 16 seasons. Watch for highlights from her career at MSU and the motivations that pushed her this far.
(03/14/23 8:56pm)
Suzy Merchant’s tenure as head coach of the MSU women’s basketball program has come to an end.
(03/14/23 6:14pm)
Michigan State endured its successful season in over a decade at an 18-18-2 record. Yet, there are very few Big Ten accolades to show for it.
(03/14/23 11:00am)
Michigan State fans woke up Monday morning to a discouraging blanket of snow in East Lansing. It’s an ironic start to the week, one that marks the beginning of MSU spring football practices, the first being held Tuesday morning.
(03/14/23 1:44pm)
After 16 seasons and a lasting legacy at Michigan State, head women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant announced that she will be stepping down effective immediately due to health reasons. The decision was a mutual one with athletic director Alan Haller."It is with a heavy heart that I announce I am stepping down from Michigan State University due to health reasons,” Merchant said in a statement. “After much consideration and consultation with my healthcare providers, I have come to the difficult decision that it is in my best interest. I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the entire Michigan State community, including the administration, faculty, and staff.”The Michigan native was hired as head coach on April 30, 2007 after nine years at Eastern Michigan, where she became to winningest head coach in program history. During her time at MSU, Merchant held an 327-186 all-time record, went to 10 NCAA tournaments and brought home two Big Ten titles for the green and white. Merchant became the fastest MSU coach to hit 100 wins and is the second-winningest head coach for the Spartan women — just 49 wins shy of the 376 from MSU Hall of Famer Karen Langeland.
(03/14/23 11:30am)
Michigan State found out yesterday afternoon that it will head down to Columbus as a No. 7 seed to take on No. 10 seed USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. With a day of scouting the opponent and additional player meetings, head coach Tom Izzo took to the podium to discuss the upcoming tournament.
(03/13/23 9:33pm)
Michigan State athletics announced Monday afternoon that head women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant would be stepping down from her role as head coach effective immediately.
(03/13/23 5:29pm)
Former Michigan State head volleyball coach Cathy George was named as the head coach and director of operations of West Michigan Pro Volleyball Monday morning.The former Spartan head coach lead Michigan State volleyball for 17 seasons before announcing her retirement in January 2022. George retired as the winningest coach in Spartan volleyball history, having taken her squad to the NCAA tournament 10 times over the course of 2005-2021. It was announced Monday that George signed a multi-year contract with the Pro Volleyball Federation franchise. The Pro Volleyball Federation is set to debut in February, 2024 as the premier professional volleyball league in North America. The West Michigan Pro Volleyball team is owned and operated by DP Fox Sports & Entertainment. The firm, which is owned by Dan DeVos, has yet to announce an official team name and logo, but both are set to be announced later this spring.Cathy George and her West Michigan Pro Volleyball squad will make their debut in 2024 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
(03/13/23 5:57pm)
MINNEAPOLIS – Judging by the numbers on the scoreboard at Mariucci Arena on Saturday night, it appeared the semifinal matchup between Michigan State and the best team in the nation wasn’t as close as it really was.
(03/20/23 8:30pm)
On Dec. 10, junior guard Davis Smith collected his first career points in the Spartans' contest against Brown. With 1:43 winding down on the game clock, Smith drove to the right of the basket and released a shot that hit the glass before falling through the net, putting the Spartans up by 13 and Davis on the stat sheet.