After leading the Colorado Buffaloes to a 5-7 record in his first and ONLY season, Mel Tucker is leaving the Black and Gold for Michigan State green. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman first reported news of Tucker’s departure late Tuesday night via twitter.
BREAKING: #CU coach Mel Tucker has agreed in principle to become the new head coach at #MichiganState, per sources. After Tucker turned down initial interest, MSU power brokers came back repeatedly to Tucker’s reps w/ an offer that was impossible to ignore https://t.co/qjOH0qKirQ
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 12, 2020
The news comes just four days after Tucker reaffirmed his commitment to Colorado via twitter, in response to a Detroit Free Press report that Michigan State was expected to interview him for their head coach vacancy.