According to multiple reports, Michigan State has chosen Colorado’s Mel Tucker as its next head coach.
Aria Gerson
Daily Sports Editor
Football
EAST LANSING — Mark Dantonio spent the past few weeks hitting the recruiting trail as always, visiting schools and talking to high school prospects.
Mark Dantonio, who brought Michigan State football back to prominence in the Big Ten, announced Tuesday that he would be stepping down as head coach of the Spartans.
Michigan announced the hire of Brian Jean-Mary as linebackers coach Saturday, filling out the Wolverines’ coaching staff for 2020 after the departures of Chris Partridge and Anthony Campanile in the offseason.
There is no shortage of tangible measures by which Michigan football’s offense improved drastically over the course of the season. It turned the ball over less, scored more points, won more games and did so more convincingly. That’s the what.
According to multiple reports Thursday afternoon, Michigan is hiring former Penn State defensive coordinator Bob Shoop to its defensive coaching staff.
Just one day after Rutgers hired Robb Smith as its defensive coordinator — seemingly meaning htat Michigan would retain linebackers coach Anthony Campanile — Campanile is gone.
In a blow to Michigan’s 2020 defensive line, defensive tackle Michael Dwumfouor announced Tuesday afternoon that he had entered the transfer portal.
Ambry Thomas will return to Michigan for the 2020 season, he announced in an Instagram post on Saturday night.
Redshirt junior running back Tru Wilson announced Thursday that he will pursue a graduate transfer.