EAST LANSING — Michigan State football has no plans to fire Mark Dantonio, athletic director Bill Beekman said Friday.
The Spartans enter Saturday's game against the University of Illinois sitting at 4-4 and No. 5 in the Big Ten East, one spot behind in-state rival Michigan football. But Beekman hasn't lost faith in Dantonio.
"It obviously hasn’t been the season we hoped it would be at this point," Beekman said during a telephone call on Friday. "But we have a lot of football left to play.