The 2024-25 basketball season will represent Tom Izzo’s 30th as the head coach of Michigan State University, and 42nd overall in East Lansing. But before he came to the Capital Area, “The Face of MSU” got his basketball start in the Upper Peninsula. I’m sure you all know the story by know, but it deserves repeating.
Thomas Michael Izzo was born in Iron Mountain which is close to the Wisconsin border of the U.P. He attended high school there where he, along with his best friend Steve Mariucci, was a three-sport athlete, participating in football and track in addition to basketball.