Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has tried to downplay being on the brink of breaking Bob Knight's record for Big Ten wins.

Izzo played high school basketball at Iron Mountain High School in Michigan. Tom Izzo played college basketball at Northern Michigan University from 1973 to 1977, during his senior year ...

To be fair to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo ... Jock-uh-chone-us," Izzo said with a pause. "Is that how you say it? Close? No. 32 is a little more Northern Michigan-ish." Izzo will have little ...

Tom Izzo is the men's basketball head coach for the Michigan State Spartans. Izzo began his coaching career in 1977 at Ishpeming High School before beginning his college basketball career as an ...

EAST LANSING – With his 30th season as Michigan State basketball’s head coach about to begin, Tom Izzo gushed ... Marquette to face Izzo’s alma mater, Division II Northern Michigan, at ...

"You must be on something," Izzo said. For a Spartans team that ... I took the team to Spain over the summer. We went back to Northern Michigan, my alma mater, for an exhibition game.

Tom Izzo is an Iron Mountain native who graduated from and played basketball for Northern Michigan University in the 1970s. The Spartans (19-5, 10-2) trailed by 14 points at halftime and took over ...

Of his 353 conference wins, Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo has beat Minnesota and Penn State the most.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo tied Bob Knight’s Big Ten record for wins, leading the ninth-ranked Spartans to a comeback ...