EAST LANSING – A member of Michigan State football's coaching staff told university police that he felt Curtis Blackwell had unprofessional rapport with some of the Spartans’ players from Detroit and their parents.
That coach, whose name is redacted from MSU Police reports obtained through a public records request, said he had issues with Blackwell’s ethics. The coach told police he questioned Blackwell taking a NCAA basketball tournament trip at the expense of one of the football program’s boosters and called Blackwell’s role with Sound Mind, Sound Body while working as MSU’s director of college advancement and performance “a conflict of interest.