On April 20, students and fans packed Spartan Stadium to witness the 2024 MSU football Spring Showcase, marking head coach Jonathan Smith's first at Michigan State. Aside from the veterans, the newly transferred and incoming freshmen played – such as quarterback Aidan Chiles, tight end Jack Velling and Nick Marsh, a top-10 wide receiver in the nation.
On April 20, students and fans will get to see the newly hired football coach Jonathan Smith and his Spartans in the annual Spring Showcase at Spartan Stadium. Smith, who recently transferred from coaching at Oregon State, will officially be part of this year's Spring Showcase, which marks the 15th and final spring practice during the offseason.
Former Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio will kick off Michigan State University’s 2024 graduation season as a guest speaker, the school announced Thursday.
The Detroit Lions faced off against the San Fransisco 49ers for the fight to play in the Super Bowl. However, the Lions fell short, leaving the MSU and Lions community in shambles and filled with heartbreak. Students give their opinions on the game.
The Detroit Lions will face off against the No. 1 seed San Francisco 49ers (13-5) in one of Detroit's biggest football games in its history.
The new Michigan State men’s head football coach, Jonathan Smith, spoke at a football press conference on Thursday, Jan. 18, where he talked about the upcoming season, player additions to the team and additions to the coaching staff.
Mark Dantonio, the all-time winningest coach in Michigan State football history, will be inducted into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024, the foundation announced Monday.
Jonathan Smith has announced the crew he's gathered to join him in East Lansing.
MSU announced the hiring of head coach Jonathan Smith on Saturday, Nov. 25, and formally introduced him in a Tuesday press conference. Although it has not yet been formally announced by the university, it appears that the former Oregon State is bringing along a sizeable chunk of his staff from Corvallis, Oregon to East Lansing.
Nine Spartans received recognition from the Big Ten conference for their performance during the 2023 MSU football season.
The last few days have marked the start of a new era for the Michigan State football team, with the introduction of newly appointed head coach Jonathan Smith at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Redshirt Junior quarterback Noah Kim joins Leavitt and Houser as he enters the NCAA Transfer Portal.
Starting Michigan State Football redshirt freshman quarterback Katin Houser has entered his name into the transfer portal monday afternoon, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN.
Michigan State head basketball coach Tom Izzo didn’t waste any time commending MSU football’s recent head coach hiring during his Monday press conference. Izzo, a known involver in the Spartans’ football program, began his conference by welcoming Jonathan Smith to Michigan State. He said he had dinner with Smith and his wife on Sunday evening.
Thursday afternoon, MSU acquired its first new addition in freshman quarterback Aidan Chiles from Oregon State.
Following a rough ending to Michigan State Football’s season on Friday night, rumors began to circulate around the uncertainty of the coaching staff heading into next season.About 12 short hours later, MSU got to work quickly and found their new head coach. Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith finalized a deal with the Spartans to become the new head coach of Michigan State, the program announced Saturday afternoon.
Jonathan Smith, who has led Oregon State to new heights during his tenure over the past six seasons, has been named Michigan State University’s 26th head football coach.
The finish to the season doesn’t excite the Spartan faithful, but the team has fought adversity throughout the entirety of 2023. With their backs against the wall, Michigan State showed up to each game with the same mentality, believing they would win no matter the result on the field. In order to get back to where the program once was though, a new coaching hire would need to be a significant one to take the step back in the right direction.
In the final post game press conference of the season, interim head coach Harlon Barnett kept it short and simple when describing the 2023 Michigan State football season.“It was the season of adversity,” Barnett said after the 42-0 loss in which redshirt freshman quarterback Katin Houser was sacked six times and where the defense allowed sophomore Penn State running backs to both rush for over 150 yards.
In the last game of Michigan State football’s season, the No. 11 Penn State Nittany Lions dominated the Spartans in every way to come out with a 42-0 win at Ford Field in Detroit.