(Photo: Daniel Mears, Detroit News)
Tom Izzo has never hidden his desire to win a second national championship.
There’s been times he’s said he needs it to validate his coaching career, joining a small group of coaches who have won more than one national title.
It’s the sort of approach that has pushed Izzo since the day he became Michigan State’s head coach. From the moment Jud Heathcote handed the reigns to a virtual unknown assistant from the U.P. of Michigan, Izzo has been hell bent on proving not only that he belongs, but that his program is among the best in the country.