Mel Tucker appears to have moved quickly to replace a key member of Michigan State’s football staff. And he stayed within the Big Ten.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Tucker hired Saeed Khalif away from Wisconsin on Tuesday to replace former director of player personnel Scott Aligo, who left the Spartans for a similar position at his alma mater Kansas.
Messages to an MSU spokesman about reports of both Aligo's departure and Khalif's hiring were not returned.
The hiring comes just as the NCAA lifted its year-plus recruiting dead period Tuesday, and programs can begin hosting high school and transfer prospects on official visits.