Michigan State is moving on from long time head coach Mark Dantonio and have hired former Georgia defensive coordinator Mel Tucker.
Mel Tucker is expected to be hired as Michigan State's next football head coach, a source confirmed to ESPN.https://t.co/AvgJFeeUdu
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) February 12, 2020
Dantonio spent 16 years as the Spartans’ head coach, finishing his career there with a .641 win percentage and a 7-5 bowl record. Tucker on the other hand has been climbing the coaching ranks year by year.
Tucker began his coaching career in 1997 at Michigan State as a graduate assistant. He bounced around from college and the NFL as a defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator, winning 2 National Championships with Ohio State and Alabama.
Tucker left Alabama after that National Championship in 2015 and joined Kirby Smart at Georgia. He spent three years as the Dawgs defensive coordinator, helping win a Rose Bowl and nearly a National Championship.
Tucker spent this past season as the Colorado head coach, where he finished 5-7. Now Tucker finally has the head coaching position he deserves at a Power Five school. Well deserved from a great defensive mind.