Michigan State Spartans basketball
Michigan State Spartans basketball history
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Jack Breslin Student Events Center
Big Ten Conference
Current head coach: Tom Izzo (1995-)
- Assoc. HC: Doug Wojcik (2003-05, 2018-)
- Asst: Thomas Kelley (2022-)
- Asst: Saddi Washington (2024-)
- Asst: Jon Borovich (2022-)
- Asst: Austin Thornton (2021-)
- Chief of Staff: Garrett Briningstool (2019-)
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Post-Season:
- National Championships: 2 (1979, 2000)
- Final Four Appearances: 10 (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 21 (1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 37 (1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 73-36
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1983, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1997)
- NIT Overall Record: 6-6
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 1 (1979)
Conference Titles (Big Ten):
- Big Ten Regular Season Championships: 16 (1957, 1959, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- Big Ten Tournament Championships: 6 (1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP Player of the Year: 1 (Denzel Valentine, 2016)
- NABC Player of the Year: 3 (Shawn Respert, 1995; Draymond Green, 2012; Denzel Valentine, 2016)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (Shawn Respert, 1995)
- AP All-Americans: 25 (last = Cassius Winston, 2020)
- Big Ten Player of the Year: 9 (last = Cassius Winston, 2019)
Michigan State head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Tom Izzo | 1995-Pres | 707-295 | 10 | 26 | 1 |
| Jud Heathcote | 1976-95 | 340-220 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Gus Ganakas | 1969-76 | 89-84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John E. Benington | 1965-69 | 54-38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forddy Anderson | 1954-65 | 125-124 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Newell | 1950-54 | 45-42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Kircher | 1949-50 | 4-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Van Alstyne | 1926-49 | 231-163 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John H. Kobs | 1924-26 | 11-26 | 0 | – | – |
| Fred Walker | 1922-24 | 20-19 | 0 | – | – |
| Lyman Frimodig | 1920-22 | 30-22 | 0 | – | – |
| George Gauthier | 1916-20 | 41-38 | 0 | – | – |
| John Macklin | 1910-16 | 48-38 | 0 | – | – |
| Chester Brewer | 1903-10 | 70-25 | 0 | – | – |
| George Denman | 1901-03 | 11-0 | 0 | – | – |
| Charles Bemies | 1899-1901 | 5-2 | 0 | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
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