The Spartan football coaching staff is getting closer to becoming complete. A big piece of the puzzle was announced over the weekend, and we will get to that in a minute. First, though, we got news this afternoon that new HC Jonathan Smith is retaining at least one member of the prior regime in WR coach Courtney Hawkins.
Hawkins played for MSU in the late 80s and early 90s under George Perles and earned All-Big Ten honors twice before playing nine seasons in the NFL. He has been on the MSU sidelines for four seasons. This is probably the least surprising person to be brought back from the Tucker years so this should be a positive for the team.