His 52 NCAA Tournament wins are the most ever for a Big Ten coach, and rank fifth all-time.Ī 2015 inductee into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, Izzo led MSU to seven Final Four appearances between 19, becoming just the fourth school in college basketball history to do it in any 17-year span, including just the third since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. 712 to rank fourth among all active coaches with at least 10 tournament games coached. In the NCAA Tournament, Izzo is at his best, winning at a clip of. In November 2009, he passed his mentor Jud Heathcote (340 wins) to become MSU’s all-time winningest coach. Izzo’s 606 wins are the fifth most by any coach in his first 24 seasons in college basketball history. In the last 20 years, 57 Spartans have received their undergraduate degrees. In his 24 years directing the Spartan program, 86 percent of his players who completed their eligibility also left with a degree.
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With a career record of 606-232, it’s easy to see that Izzo knows how to win, but he also knows how to win the right way.
The 2018-19 season was one of the best in program history as MSU won a share of the Big Ten regular-season title, won the Big Ten Tournament Championship and advanced to the Final Four for a nation’s-best eighth time in 21 years.
Izzo has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments in 24 seasons as head coach of the Michigan State men’s basketball program, including the 2000 NCAA National Championship, nine regular-season Big Ten Championships (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012, 20), six Big Ten Tournament titles (1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 20), eight Final Four appearances (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 20), eight National Coach of the Year awards and a Big Ten-record 22-straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Tom Izzo was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2016, cementing his status as one of the game’s all-time greats.
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