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Blake Lampman talks new position on the staff with Michigan State basketball

Blake Lampman talks about his new position on the staff with MSU

Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo added Oakland University legend Blake Lampman to his coaching staff in a support role. Bringing in the Haslett native is a big deal for both the Spartans and the Golden Grizzlies legend.

Courtesy of WILX’s Owen Oszust, Lampman spoke about Michigan State and the opportunity he has to work for a coach like Izzo.

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Michigan State football: Where every coach on the old staff is employed now

Tracking where MSU’s former coaching staff has landed:

Michigan State went under a major overhaul, obviously, when they hired Jonathan Smith to take over the Spartan football program. With the new changes to the Spartan football program, came a full overhaul within the MSU coaching staff.

While we know what the new staff looks like, it is time to look at the old staff, and where members of the old staff ended up in their new coaching positions.

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Understanding the Michigan State basketball coaching staff shake-up

Check out how the MSU coaching staff shakeup will affect who coaches which positions:

Michigan State head basketball coach Tom Izzo is quietly having a strong offseason, one that is seeing the head man make several moves that fans have been clamoring for. The latest coaching staff shake up is having some positive consequences per the reporting of 247Sports’ Justin Thind.

According to Thind, newly acquired Saddi Washington will be taking over the bigs, being joined by former Spartan standout Austin Thornton in the role.

In return, Jon Borovich and Thomas Kelley will work with the guards, while Doug Wojcik will take an oversight role.

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Tracker: Every new Michigan State football staff hire under new head coach Jonathan Smith

Tracking every new Michigan State football staff hire under new head coach Jonathan Smith

The Jonathan Smith era at Michigan State football is here, and things are moving quickly, as Smith assembles his staff with an attempt to get up to speed and prepared for recruiting, transfer portal moves, and more.

It is very interesting to see what Smith will do with his staff. Oregon State is a team that had less talent than MSU has the last two years, but has had way more success in that span than Michigan State (let’s just call it how it is), and several of the Beavers’ assistant coaches had earned a lot of respect around the country.

However, Smith won’t just be able to copy and paste his staff from Oregon State. It’s possible that at least one of those guys (likely Trent Bray, but we’ll see) will be a prime candidate to become the next head coach at Oregon State, and Smith will also need to grab a few assistant coaches who have experience recruiting in the Midwest and the South, which was a knock on Smith considering he’s spent his whole career recruiting on the West Coast.

Below, we will keep track of every new hire brought in by Smith to fill out his staff.

Michigan State defensive backs coach Jim Salgado going to back to NFL with Washington Commanders

Former Michigan State defensive backs coach Jim Salgado going to back to NFL with the Washington Commanders.

Michigan State hired Jim Salgado before the 2023 season to assist coaching defensive backs with Harlon Barnett. Salgado came to MSU from the Buffalo Bills, where he served as a defensive backs coach for four seasons.

Now, with the coaching changes in East Lansing, Salgado has officially found his new spot in the NFL, getting a job with the Washington Commanders.

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Ten Potential candidates to be the next defensive coordinator of Michigan State football

10 possible candidates that can be the next defensive coordinator at Michigan State

With the hiring of Jonathan Smith as Michigan State’s next head football coach, it also means that there will be a new staff coming to East Lansing. While Smith has already gotten a huge jump on hiring his staff, click here to view who has been hired by Smith so far, he has yet to announce who will be serving as the defensive coordinator for his staff.

Smith had two defensive coordinators throughout his tenure at Oregon State, so there are several options and possibilities for Smith to explore.

Let’s take a look at some of the potential candidates that could potentially be in the mix for MSU’s defensive coordinator position:

Oregon State DB coach Blue Adams coming to Michigan State football program

DB coach Blue Adams, who possesses an impressive resume, is heading to East Lansing with Jonathan Smith:

Jonathan Smith is continuing to build his staff in East Lansing, which so far is comprised of staff members he had at Oregon State, and that has continued.

Oregon State defensive backs coach Blue Adams will be headed to East Lansing with Smith. It is unclear if he will be the lone defensive backs coach, or if Smith has plans to retain Harlon Barnett or Jim Salgado to split defensive back coaching duties.

Adams is a Miami (FL) native, who played college football at Cincinnati before a nine year professional career. He got into coaching after his pro career and has a solid resume:

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Michigan State football hires new assistant WR coach

A new coach will be joining Michigan State’s offensive staff:

Michigan State has enhanced its coaching staff on the offensive side of the football, adding a new coach to the support staff. Tino Smith will be joining the Spartans coaching staff as the new assistant wide receivers coach.

Smith previously held a coaching role at Albion College since 2018, serving as the wide receivers coach before being promoted to the recruiting coordinator and assistant head coach positions.

Smith played his college football at Savannah State University as a quarterback and wide receiver.

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Michigan State football: Mel Tucker is “very confident” in MSU’s staff

It appears Mel Tucker is fully confident in his staff at MSU amid tough stretch

Fans took to social media to voice there displeasure with Michigan State following the team’s 34-7 loss to Minnesota. A lot of that disstain was put towards Michigan State’s coaching staff, especially on the defensive side of the ball. The Spartans not only seem to have not progressed at all, but it appears that the team has regressed from last year to this year on the defensive side of the ball, much to the disgust of the fans.

In his post game press conference, Mel Tucker was asked about his staff and he doubled down on his confidence in his staff.

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Michigan State basketball hires new Director of Recruiting

Tom Izzo has his new Director of Recruiting

Tom Izzo has filled the last void on his coaching staff ahead of the upcoming 2022-23 campaign. Izzo has tabbed Jon Borovich as his new director of recruiting.

Borovich has a lot of ties to the state of Michigan and MSU’s coaching staff. A native of Bloomfield Hills, Borovich played his college basketball at Central Michigan from 1997-2001. After his playing career, he was a graduate assistant at Michigan State from 2001-2003.

After Borovich’s stint as a GA at MSU, he has gone on to have a lengthy assistant coaching career in college basketball. He spent 2003-2005 as the director of basketball operations at Dayton and 2007-2011 as an assistant with the Flyers. In 2005-2007, Borovich was on Greg Kampe’s staff at Oakland. From 2011-2019, Borovich was an assistant coach at Northern Illinois under current Spartan assistant Mark Montgomery. Prior to joining MSU, he has spent the last 3 seasons on Chris Collins’ bench at Northwestern.

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