Tom Izzo
Alma Mater:
Northern Michigan
Class of:
Hometown:
Iron Mountain, MI
- Coach of six Final Four teams (1999 through 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010), including the national champion in 2000 and runner-up in 2009
- Named national coach of the year by AP and USBWA in 1998 and NABC in 2001
- Won two Big Ten Conference Tournament championships (1999 and 2000)
- Michigan State's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at Northern Michigan under Glenn Brown for four seasons from 1979-80 through 1982-83, and at Michigan State under Jud Heathcote for 12 seasons from 1983-84 through 1994-95
- Final Top 20 Rankings (nine: AP/USA)--1998 (16/10), 1999 (2/3), 2000 (2/1), 2001 (3/3), 2003 (NR/18), 2005 (15/4), 2008 (18/13), 2009 (8/2) and 2010 (13/4)
- All-Americans (four): Charlie Bell (2001), Mateen Cleaves (1998 through 2000), Morris Peterson (2000) and Jason Richardson (2001).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16-16 | 9-9 | 7th | NIT (1-1) | |||
17-12 | 9-9 | T-6th | NIT (1-1) | |||
22-8 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
33-5 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
32-7 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (6-0) | |||
28-5 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
19-12 | 10-6 | 5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-13 | 10-6 | T-3rd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
18-12 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-7 | 13-3 | 2nd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
22-12 | 8-8 | T-6th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-12 | 8-8 | T-7th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
27-9 | 12-6 | 4th | NCAA (2-1) | |||
31-7 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA (5-1) | |||
28-9 | 14-4 | T-1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
2011-12 |
- 15-Year Coaching Record: 364-146 (.728) at Michigan State
- 174-76 (.696) in Big Ten Conference
- 14-11 (.560) in Big Ten Tournament
- 35-12 (.745) in NCAA Tournament
- 2-2 (.500) in NIT