When Mark Dantonio first arrived at Michigan State nearly a decade ago, he said he wanted to model parts of his program after Iowa and its coach, Kirk Ferentz.
Two of the league’s longest-tenured coaches beat the odds this year by getting their teams to the conference championship game. Both had to overcome injuries to beat expectations, but which one did the better coaching job this season? Two of our Big Ten writers debate:
Dan Murphy: Dantonio
If Mark Dantonio wasn’t on your short list of the best college football coaches in the country already, he definitely should have been added to it following the Spartans’ 17-14 win over No.