Pat Fitzgerald signs contract to be next Michigan State football coach

It’s official: Pat Fitzgerald is Michigan State’s new football coach. Michigan State made the hiring official Monday. The Detroit News reported Sunday that the university intended to hire Fitzgerald, formerly of Big Ten peer Northwestern, to take over the Spartan football program after Jonathan Smith’s ouster after two seasons in East Lansing.

Pat Fitzgerald hired as Michigan State head football coach

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan State University has hired Pat Fitzgerald to be the Spartans’ head football coach, the university announced on Monday. Fitzgerald will be formally introduced on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at a press conference on MSU’s campus at 3 p.m. He replaces Jonathan Smith, who was dismissed on Sunday.

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NU's ex-football coach Pat Fitzgerald to land at Michigan State

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