Michigan State To Part Ways With Jonathan Smith After Two Seasons

Michigan State has decided to lavation its hands of coach Jonathan Smith aft conscionable 2 seasons starring nan Spartans’ shot program.

According to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Michigan State plans to occurrence Smith connected Sunday, conscionable 1 time aft nan Spartans earned their first Big Ten triumph of nan play pinch a 38-28 triumph complete Maryland. He signed a seven-year statement to go Michigan State’s coach earlier nan 2024 play aft nan Mel Tucker era came to a messy close. Per Thamel, Smith will beryllium owed $33 cardinal pinch nan departure.

The Spartans vanished their play astatine 4-8. They snapped an eight-game losing streak Saturday aft wins to unfastened nan regular play complete Western Michigan, Boston College and Youngstown State. Smith’s squad astir dropped their full convention slate pinch nan 8 losses successful a statement erstwhile their Big Ten schedule began, including adjacent calls pinch winnable games against Minnesota and Iowa.

Smith ends his little tenure arsenic Michigan State coach pinch a 9-15 record, missing a vessel crippled successful some years. He spent six seasons arsenic Oregon State’s caput coach earlier he jumped for nan Spartans job. He has a 43-50 mixed grounds from his clip astatine Oregon State and Michigan State.

Now, Michigan State officially enters its coaching search, pinch erstwhile Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald named arsenic a “person of interest” by Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports.

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