30 seasons ago Coach Tom Izzo took the helm at MSU Basketball and what followed is legend. The 2000 NCAA National Championship, 10 regular-season Big Ten Championships, six Big Ten Tournament titles, eight Final Four appearances, eight National Coach of the Year awards and (a Big Ten-record) 26-straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
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Along the way Coach has mentored and aided dozens of assistants in the advancement of their coaching careers. We all know about Tom Crean, Dwayne Stephens, and Drew Valentine. Though as you can imagine, the list of current and former head coaches who can trace back through their own head coach mentors to Coach Izzo is quite long, 214 Coaches long, so far.