After joining MSU in Feb. 2020, Tucker and his staff were handcuffed by the pandemic. They could not hold practice with the team over the summer and could not host recruits after Tucker’s first two weeks in East Lansing because of the pandemic recruiting dead period instituted by the NCAA. This is Tucker’s first chance to leave his imprint on the program outside of just leadership.
"Our goal is to provide our student-athletes the tools for success — on the field of competition, inside the classroom and beyond MSU," Michigan State Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Beekman said in the press release. "Name, image and likeness legislation will offer new opportunities for our student-athletes and EverGreen will prepare and position them for these changes.”
The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the NCAA in a historic antitrust case, NCAA vs Alston et al, that restricted the association’s powers to deny education-related perks for student-athletes.
“I finally decided I'm just going to retire and I'm going to devote my attention to expanding awareness of Michigan State's leading role in college football integration because it's basically an unknown story,” MSU alumnus Tom Shanahan said. “And not even the university understands the magnitude of what these Duffy Daugherty teams of the 1960s meant to Michigan State and all of college football.”
The Olympians also spoke about the impact of the decision to cut the program with the Olympics taking place this summer. Green pointed out that the Olympics, especially Swimming, is revered by Americans and can inspire people to reach that level of competition.
The swim & dive program has produced 20 Olympians across the board from swimmers, divers, coaches and trainers since its creation.
This will be the first head coaching change for the program in 30 years following Tom Saxton’s retirement.
For MSU track and field, it had been 657 days since they competed in an outdoor event prior to the 2021 season. The time off did not hinder the team but rather gave them the opportunity to step away from the competition mindset and focus on why they began running in the first place.
The staple of Tom Izzo’s tenure as Michigan State's head coach has been stability, but MSU was forced to make changes to the coaching staff with assistant coach Dane Fife leaving to join his alma mater, Indiana.
After a record-setting season for MSU golf and a trip to the NCAA championships, senior golfer James Piot reflects on his iconic year and his intentions to return to the championship with his team next season.
The fight to reinstate Michigan State Swim & Dive gained a massive boost in support from the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice in the pending Title IX case against the university.
The Spartans' season will begin on at 9 p.m. Sept. 3 on the road against Northwestern.
Rocket Watts will be taking his talent from one MSU to another to finish his college career.
In the two-hour meeting, Michigan State Athletic Director Bill Beekman defended the decision to cut swimming and diving, citing a lack of success in the program in the last 25 years and the cost it would take to make the program competitive.
Piot finished with back to back rounds of 68 to secure the lowest score out of the 10 individuals competing at the regional championship that was not competing with their team. Piot tied for fourth place overall out of all golfers.
The uncertainty and day-to-day changes from the COVID-19 pandemic have presented one of the most unique and challenging years for collegiate athletics but Michigan State continued its spring season for all varsity sports. Here is a look at how the Spartan teams have fared during May as they approach the finish line.
Where Michigan State's NFL Draft prospects could end up and what they project to be in the NFL.
MSU women’s golf won its 6th Big Ten title since 2011.
MSU softball won with a walk-off double to close out the weekend.
Sam Benschoter fanned more than a dozen batters for a career-high 17 Ks in the loss.