Men's Basketball v Nichols State, 2004.
Photo by G.L. Kohuth, University Relations
Go Green! Go White!
MSU's head basketball coach, Tom Izzo, during a game against Georgia Tech at the Breslin Center in 2005. MSU won 88-86.
Eleventh-year head coach Tom Izzo has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments, including one NCAA National Championship, four regular-season Big Ten Championships, two Big Ten Tournament titles, four Final Four appearances, four National Coach of the Year awards and a Big Ten-best eight straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
In his 10 full years directing the Spartan program, 77 percent of his players who completed their eligibility also left with a degree. In the last six years, 17 Spartans have received their undergraduate degrees, including five each in 2001 and 2003.
In 2005, Izzo led MSU to its fourth Final Four in the last seven seasons, becoming just the eighth school in college basketball history to accomplish that feat. Izzo also became the second coach in NCAA history to reach four Final Fours in his first 10 years of coaching, and the sixth coach in NCAA history to appear in four Final Fours in a seven-year span.
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