Read more about the article Double-duty Izzo and the day Mariucci nixed his college football career

Double-duty Izzo and the day Mariucci nixed his college football career

PHOTO: Friends and teammates since their Iron Mountain days, Steve Mariucci (L) and Tom Izzo. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report *** Let's revisit my 2021 story about "Double Duty" Tom Izzo now that Michigan State has scheduled an exhibition basketball game at his alma mater, Northern Michigan in Marquette. The Yooper is coming home. Michigan State's College Football Hall of Fame coach can show his players where he shaped his future, learning his craft as a Division II…

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Read more about the article Take a break from a long season to wistfully imagine Tom Izzo as Michigan State’s football coach

Take a break from a long season to wistfully imagine Tom Izzo as Michigan State’s football coach

PHOTO: Tom Izzo leads the Michigan State's football team onto the field as a guest captain. Visit my homepage at TomShanahan.Report. By TOM SHANAHAN It's been the worst of times in Michigan State football’s strange season abnormally stripped of stability, so let's take a break from the heartache and wistfully imagine this was the best of times: Tom Izzo is the Spartans’ head football coach, and he's leading the players out of the tunnel to face Michigan Saturday…

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Read more about the article Duffy’s Hawaiian Pipeliner Charlie Wedemeyer returns home to Polynesian Football Hall of Fame induction

Duffy’s Hawaiian Pipeliner Charlie Wedemeyer returns home to Polynesian Football Hall of Fame induction

PHOTO: Charlie Wedemeyer's athletic career spans his career at Michigan State, coaching at Los Gatos High in the Bay Area and his induction into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in Hawaii. He was joined in this photo around him left-to-right: NFL coaches Jon Gruden and John Madden, two family friends, former 49ers coach Steve Mariucci and Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN A high school coach’s invaluable role too…

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