EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio, who has compiled a 36-5 record (.878) over the last three seasons including two Big Ten Championships and three Top 10 finishes in the national polls, has been rewarded with a revised contract, according to a joint announcement made Friday, Feb. 19 by MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. Michigan State’s 36 wins since 2013 are the fourth most in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.
Despite losing several key players to injuries throughout the 2015 season, Michigan State claimed its second Big Ten Championship in three years, won the second-most games in school history (12-2 record), earned a berth in the College Football Playoff, and finished in the Top 10 of the national polls for a third consecutive season at No.