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WATCH: MSU head coach Mel Tucker joins The Valenti Show with Rico on 97.1 The Ticket

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker was a guest on The Valenti Show with Rico of 97.1 The Ticket on Thursday to discuss his Spartans entering the 2022 season

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker was a guest on The Valenti Show with Rico of 97.1 The Ticket on Thursday to discuss his Spartans entering the 2022 season. During the interview, Tucker discusses replacing Kenneth Walker III, improving the nations worst pass defense, and Rico Beard also gets a big laugh from Tuck when discussing black helmets for the Spartans.

Michigan State football officially opens the 2022 season next week on Friday night against Western Michigan. Kickoff from Spartan Stadium is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.

Check out the Tucker interview with Mike Valenti and Beard below:

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LISTEN: MSU head coach Mel Tucker is guest on Jim Rome Show to preview Spartans’ 2022 season

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker was a guest on The Jim Rome Show on Thursday to preview the upcoming 2022 season

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker was a guest on The Jim Rome Show on Thursday to preview the upcoming 2022 season. Click the play button below to hear the entire interview:

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Notable comments from MSU football’s Mel Tucker following first team scrimmage, as preseason camp continues

See what MSU football head coach Mel Tucker had to say about his team following the Spartans’ first team scrimmage this past weekend

Michigan State football is in the thick of preseason camp, with the Spartans holding their first team scrimmage this past weekend.

Head coach Mel Tucker met with the media on Monday to field questions on his team and how the first few weeks of practice have gone. Check out some of the notable comments and takeaways from Tucker’s press conference on Monday:

WATCH: MSU head coach Mel Tucker joins ‘Paul Finebaum Show’ ahead of 2022 season

MSU head coach Mel Tucker jumps on the Paul Finebaum Show to discuss the upcoming season, his contract extension with MSU and getting his start with Nick Saban

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker was a guest on “The Paul Finebaum Show” on Thursday to discuss the upcoming season, look back at his decision to sign a contract extension with the Spartans and getting his start with Nick Saban.

Watch the interview below:

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Gallery: Mel Tucker, Tom Izzo serve as grand marshals at NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400

Check out some of the best photos of Mel Tucker and Tom Izzo at the FireKeepers 400

Michigan State’s Mel Tucker and Tom Izzo stepped away from the field and court on Sunday, and hit the race track as co-grand marshals at the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400.

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. and featured some of NASCAR’s best race car drivers. Check out some photos of Tucker and Izzo from the event:

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Notable comments from MSU head coach Mel Tucker following Spartans’ first preseason camp practice

Michigan State football is officially back — see what Mel Tucker had to say about the Spartans following their first preseason camp practice

Michigan State football is officially back.

The Spartans opened up their preseason fall camp on Thursday, with the team holding their first practice. Michigan State will open the season on Sept. 2 against Western Michigan from Spartan Stadium.

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker met with media following the first practice and had these notable comments:

WATCH: Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker at Big Ten Media Days

Check out Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker address the media during Wednesday’s Big Ten Media Days session from Indianapolis

Check out Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker address the media during Wednesday’s Big Ten Media Days session from Indianapolis.

Video is courtesy of Isaiah Hole of Wolverines Wire

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Mel Tucker makes preseason watch list for 2022 Dodd Trophy for Coach of the Year

Michigan State’s Mel Tucker has made the preseason watch list for the 2022 Dodd Trophy for Coach of the Year

Michigan State’s Mel Tucker has made the preseason watch list for the 2022 Dodd Trophy for Coach of the Year.

Tucker is one of 20 coaches to make the preseason list for the upcoming season. Other Big Ten coaches on this list include Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst, Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh.

Mel Tucker will be entering his third season as the Spartans’ head coach. Last season, he led Michigan State to an 11-2 record that included notable wins over Michigan, Miami (FL) and Pitt in the Peach Bowl.

Check out the complete list of coaches that preseason watch list below:

Introducing the 2022 Dodd Trophy Presented by @PNCBank Preseason Watch List 👀 Take a look at 2️⃣0️⃣ of the nation’s top coaches and Dodd Trophy hopefuls. (First-year coaches are ineligible.)
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— The Dodd Trophy (@thedoddtrophy) July 12, 2022

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CBS Sports ranks Mel Tucker as a top 25 power five head coach

See where Mel Tucker ranks compared to the rest of the power five head coaches in CBS Sports’ rankings

A year ago, many would have considered Michigan State’s Mel Tucker a lower-tier coach in the Big Ten and certainly on the national level. But a lot has changed since this time last year.

Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports is ranking all 65 of the power five head coaches in college football, and with that he has Tucker in the top 25. Tucker jumped 33 spots from last year and came in at No. 24 in Fornelli’s rankings.

Here’s a little of what Fornelli had to say about Tucker:

“Tucker was at 57 last season following a 2-5 debut at Michigan State, but an 11-2 record and Peach Bowl victory catapult him into the top 25. The trick will be to see if he can keep it up because expectations have been raised.”

Tucker ranked No. 8 among Big Ten coaches, falling behind Ryan Day (No. 6), Jim Harbaugh (No. 9), Kirk Ferentz (No. 13), Paul Chryst (No. 14), James Franklin (No. 15), Pat Fitzgerald (No. 21) and P.J. Fleck (No. 24).

Tucker will be entering his third year as the Spartans’ head coach this fall with an overall record of 13-7. That record alone isn’t anything to sneeze at, but the type of transformation he has already done with Michigan State’s roster and taking a team many picked to finish last in the Big Ten East Division entering last year to 11-2 with a Peach Bowl victory is why he’s so high in these rankings.

Click on the tweet below to see the complete write-up on Tucker from Fornelli and the rest of his power five coaches rankings:

The Top 25 football coaches in the Power Five RANKED.

If you don’t like the rankings, blame @Chip_Patterson.

Ranking the top 25 Power Five college football coaches entering the 2022 seasonhttps://t.co/hTkdO96N8u

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) May 18, 2022

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WATCH: MSU football head coach Mel Tucker recaps spring game

Hear what Mel Tucker had to say when meeting with the media following MSU’s spring game on Saturday

Michigan State football Mel Tucker meets with the media following the Spartans’ spring game on Saturday (video courtesy of The Detroit Free Press).

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