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FOOTBALL

Inside Pat Fitzgerald's $30 million contract and incentives

Michigan State football has hired Pat Fitzgerald as its new head coach, and recently the terms and details of Fitzgerald's contract has come to light. The contract includes base salary, supplemental pay and heavy incentives that could make Fitzgerald one of the highest paid coaches in all of college football.

MSU

Specter of ICE looms over campus

The second Trump administration's promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants is altering how some MSU students experience college. Even without ICE setting foot on campus, viral rumors of agents on campus have struck fear into some students.

FOOTBALL

Pat Fitzgerald's journey to becoming MSU's 27th football coach

Michigan State's recent head coaching hire Pat Fitzgerald has had an illustrious career of accolades, player highlights and coaching victories. From his playing career to his coaching career to even his termination from the team that he once thought he would never leave, Fitzgerald's journey to MSU is one of unusual circumstances.