East Lansing — Thomas Kelley is coming back to Michigan State.
The former Spartan guard and one-time graduate assistant was named an assistant coach on Friday, rejoining Tom Izzo’s staff by replacing longtime assistant Dwayne Stephens, who was named the head coach at Western Michigan in April.
Kelley spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Western Michigan after three years as a graduate assistant at Michigan State. He was retained by Stephens when Stephens landed the Broncos job but Kelley will now rejoin the Spartans’ staff.
“It’s always been a thrill for me when I can bring a former player back to Michigan State and that’s definitely the case with Thomas coming back as an assistant on my staff,” Izzo said in a statement.