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.
With three early season losses, the Spartans will look to get out to a hot start during conference play to build momentum as the season grows longer and tougher.
Finishing out a well rounded season, the Michigan State volleyball team has two players being recognized as All Big-Ten players for the first time since 2017.
Nine Spartans received recognition from the Big Ten conference for their performance during the 2023 MSU football season.
Michigan State basketball fans caught a glimpse of the team’s future in the backcourt during the Spartans’ blowout win over Georgia Southern Tuesday night.
Michigan State dominated the Georgia Southern Eagles, ending Tuesday night's game with a score of 86-55.
MSU women's basketball head coach Robyn Fralick speaks with the media about the teams performance in Mexico and lessons to be learned heading into their next game.
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.
In the USCHO rankings of week nine, Michigan State dropped down a spot to No. 8 after a hard fought series against Minnesota, winning one in a shootout thanks to the career high game from freshman goalie Trey Augustine and losing one in overtime.
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.
Fresh off a loss against No. 3 Arizona on Thanksgiving Day, the Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns home for a matchup with Georgia Southern on Tuesday night.
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.
After a grueling game of back and forth for the Spartans, they were able to pull off a shootout win and take an extra point off of the tie game with a shootout winner from sophomore forward Karsen Dorwart.
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.