Michigan State coach Tom Izzo expressed his initial thoughts on his team's 77-74 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday when he addressed the media after the game.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo had a front-row seat as Wisconsin wing John Tonje delivered yet another signature performance on Saturday afternoon.

And apparently he isn’t. “He has the energy of a young coach,” freshman Jase Richardson was saying in the Michigan State locker room Friday, fresh off scoring 17 points to lead the Spartans over Oregon, 74-64, in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. “Sometimes when you’re out there, you think he’s you’re age.”

Michigan State basketball's Tom Izzo won his fourth Big Ten coach of the year award Tuesday, the oldest in league history to do so.

Izzo is surpassing milestones and reached a big anniversary of his lone title. At 70, with a highly ranked team, he's hoping to add to his legacy.

To go along with his championship, Tom Izzo has officially been named the 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year, winning the highest honor a head coach can win in the conference.

Tom Izzo's simple goal is for Michigan State basketball to keep improving, even with the Spartans on the verge of a Big Ten title Thursday at Iowa.

Tom Izzo did it again. Just when you thought his era of Big Ten dominance might be coming to an end, he pushed this year’s Spartans to a 17-3 conference record, a 26-5 overall mark and an 11th Big Ten regular season title — winning the league by three games over second-place Maryland and Michigan.

Before becoming one of the best coaches that Michigan State has ever seen, Tom Izzo played for Northern Michigan University from 1973-1977. In his senior year at the school, Izzo set a record for most minutes played and was named a Division II All-American.