Ladies and gentlemen, we have some breaking news from Bruce Feldman of The Athletic. According to Feldman, Colorado head coach Mel Tucker has ‘agreed in principle’ to become the new MSU Football head coach, replacing Mark Dantonio at Michigan State.
According to reports last weekend, Tucker had removed his name from consideration for the role, but according to Bruce Feldman, the MSU decision-makers made Tucker repeated offers until it became ‘impossible to ignore.’
Here is the initial report from Bruce Feldman of The Athletic:
BREAKING: #CU coach Mel Tucker has agreed in principle to become the new head coach at #MichiganState, per sources. After Tucker turned down initial interest, MSU power brokers came back repeatedly to Tucker’s reps w/ an offer that was impossible to ignore https://t.co/qjOH0qKirQ
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 12, 2020
Tucker, who played in college for Wisconsin, started his coaching career with Michigan State back in 1997 as a graduate assistant. He has since gone on to coach for numerous teams, including Ohio State, LSU, the Cleveland Browns, the Chicago Bears, Alabama, Georgia, and most recently he was the head coach of Colorado, where he went 5-7 in his first year as a head coach.
He had his first stint as a head coach as the interim coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars where he went 2-3 in 2011.
Details are still emerging about the deal, and it obviously hasn’t been officially been confirmed by the University as of 1:23am ET. More to come tomorrow no doubt.
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