New Era for Pat Fitzgerald's MSU Football: Grab Your Tickets Now!
The Pat Fitzgerald era of Michigan State football begins Tuesday, March 17, as the Spartans open their first spring practice under their new coach.
EAST LANSING – Before daybreak comes the dawn of Michigan State football 's renaissance. Could it come at a more fitting time than the early morning hours of St. Patrick’s Day?
That’s when new coach Pat Fitzgerald will bring his team together for its inaugural spring practice in green and white, a 6:40 a. m. wakeup call for the first of 15 workouts to teach and galvanize the Spartans heading into the 2026 season.
ON THE COURT: Tom Izzo's March Madness message to Michigan State basketball is clear The former Northwestern All-American linebacker and star coach returns to the sideline for the first time since 2022, becoming the first MSU coach to have had previous experience running a Big Ten program. His mission is to reinstill the toughness and tenacity the Spartans long have been known for as he replaces Jonathan Smith after two seasons, looking for a return to the stability and vitality his friend and former peer Mark Dantonio created from 2007-19. But the 51-year-old Fitzgerald has plenty of questions to answer before his Sept.
5 debut against Toledo, and even before the public unveiling of his alchemy in MSU’s Spring Showcase at Spartan Stadium (noon, April 18). Here are the three most important issues that will be on the agenda over the course of the next month. Who's on the line?
Continue to the original source for the full article.