20172017 20172 017 THET HE 20162016 SPARTANSPA RTAN SPARTANSPA RTA N HONORSH ONORS & BOWLBOWL THETHE OUTLOOKOUTLOOO K SPARTANSSPARTAA N S STAFFSTAFF RECAP RECORDSRECORDS HISTORYH ISTORY AWARDSAWARDS HISTORYH ISTORY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY 555 6565 65666 LLLLLLLLL A BALBABABALBABABABABABABABABBABAL OOOOOOOOOOOO OOTOOOOTOOOOT UFU_FUF @MSU_FOOTBALL@MS@M@MS@MS@M@M@M@M@M@M@M@M@M@M@M@@M COACHES & STAFF HEAD COACH MARK DANTONIO THE STAFF is currently the 1950s (.766, 70-21-1 record). The Entering his 11th season at Michigan State, Mark Dantonio is 68 wins since 2010 are the 11th most among NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision teams and second most one of the most accomplished head coaches in the school’s in the Big Ten during that same period. During that span, MSU has claimed three Big Ten Championships storied history, leading a program that has transformed itself (2010, 2013, 2015) and three Big Ten Division titles (2011, 2013, 2015). In addition, the Spartans recorded into one of the nation’s perennial powers. a school-record four consecutive bowl victories (2012 Outback against No. 18 Georgia, 2012 Buffalo Wild Dantonio has won the most Big Ten Championships 71st victory on Oct. 25, 2014, against Michigan (record: Wings against TCU, 2014 Rose Bowl Game against (three) and bowl games (four) of any Spartan head Duffy Daugherty, 109). He won his 100th career game No. 5 Stanford, 2015 Cotton Bowl Classic against No. coach and also ranks fi rst with nine bowl appearances. as a head coach in dramatic fahsion on Oct. 17, 2015, 4 Baylor), which also tied a Big Ten record. MSU’s 39 He is the only active Big Ten coach to win multiple Big at Michigan Stadium as the Spartans rallied to defeat wins since 2013 are tied for eighth most in the NCAA Ten Championships (2010, 2013, 2015), claim a victory the Wolverines, 27-23, on a 38-yard fumble return as Football Bowl Subdivision. in the Rose Bowl (2014), and coach in the College Foot- time expired. Dantonio owns a career record of 108-59 ball Playoff (2015). The second-winningest coach in (.647) in 13 seasons as a head coach. Dantonio made history by becoming the fi rst Big Ten school history, trailing only Hall of Famer Duffy Daugh- coach to record fi ve 11-win seasons in a six-year span erty, Dantonio owns a 90-42 (.682) record at MSU since A two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2010, 2013), following MSU’s 12-win campaign in 2015 (11 in 2010; his arrival in 2007. He also ranks fi rst in program history Dantonio has led Michigan State to Top 25 fi nishes in 11 in 2011; school-record 13 in 2013, 11 in 2014; 12 in in conference winning percentage (.654, 53-28 record, six of his 10 seasons (2008: No. 24 in both polls; 2010: 2015). His fi ve 11-win seasons are tied with Joe Pa- minimum 10 games), second in home wins (53) and AP No. 14 in both polls; 2011: No. 10 USA TODAY/No. terno of Penn State and Urban Meyer of Ohio State for Top 25 victories (17), tied for second in Big Ten wins 11 AP; 2013: No. 3 in both polls; 2014: No. 5 in both the second most in Big Ten history (Jim Tressel with (53) and AP Top 25 fi nishes (six), and fi fth in overall polls; and 2015: No. 6 in both polls). Dantonio’s six AP six, although the 2010 season was offi cially vacated; winning percentage (.682). Top-25 fi nishes are tied for second most in school his- Paterno with fi ve at PSU as Big Ten member). Prior to tory (Biggie Munn, who coached from 1947-53, had six Dantonio’s arrival, MSU had not recorded an 11-win A Zanesville, Ohio, native with Midwest ties, Dantonio consecutive from 1948-53; Daugherty’s teams posted season in its history, and had just two 10-win seasons is in his 38th year of collegiate coaching, including his seven Top-25 fi nishes during his 19-year tenure from (1965, 1999). 14th as a head coach and 16th in East Lansing (served 1954-72). MSU (No. 3 in 2013, No. 5 in 2014, No. 6 in as the Spartan secondary coach from 1995-2000). The 2015) was the only school to fi nish in the top six of the During conference play, Michigan State has won 26 of 61-year-old Dantonio won his school-record third Big fi nal AP Poll from 2013-15. its last 36 games against Big Ten opponents, dating Ten Championship in 2015 with a 16-13 victory over back to the 2012 regular-season fi nale, including 19 previously undefeated and fourth-ranked Iowa that sent Michigan State is in the midst of its second winningest wins by double-fi gures. In addition, Michigan State has Michigan State to the College Football Playoff. He be- decade in school history with a 68-25 record since 2010 recorded 50 Big Ten regular-season victories since came MSU’s second all-time winningest coach with his (.731). MSU’s highest winning percentage by decade 2008, the third most of any team in the conference. 66 2017 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL Since the inception of the College Football Playoff and Darqueze Dennard and P Mike Sadler (2013); S Kur- ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHES: MSU HISTORY New Year’s Six in 2014, Michigan State is one of only tis Drummond (2014); C Jack Allen (2014-15) and OT OUTLOOK six schools (Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, Ohio Jack Conklin (2015). In addition, Dantonio has helped OVERALL 2017 State, Oklahoma) schools to play in both the CFP produce 36 fi rst-team All-Big Ten selections. Rk. Coach (Years) .................................................Wins (2015 vs. Alabama) and a New Year’s Six game (2015 1. Duffy Daugherty (1954-72) ................................ 109 Cotton Bowl vs. Baylor). Twenty-eight Spartans have been chosen in the NFL 2. Mark Dantonio (2007-) ....................................... 90 Draft under Dantonio’s watch, including three consecu- 3. Charles Bachman (1933-46) ................................70 Michigan State extended its school record by playing tive fi rst-round selections from 2014-16. Dennard was 4. George Perles (1983-94) ..................................... 68 SPARTANS in a bowl game for the ninth consecutive season in a 2013 unanimous All-America selection and also won 5. Chester Brewer (1903-10, ‘17, ‘19) ......................58 2017 2015 (2007 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Capital One the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given annually to the Bowl, 2010 Alamo Bowl, 2011 Capital One Bowl, nation’s best defensive back. He was selected in the Rk. Coach (Years) ...........................................Win Pct. 1. John Macklin (1911-15) ...........................853 (29-5) 2012 Outback Bowl, 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, fi rst round of the 2014 NFL Draft (No. 24 overall) by the 2. Clarence “Biggie” Munn (1947-53) ......846 (54-9-20 2014 Rose Bowl, 2015 Cotton Bowl, 2015 College Cincinnati Bengals to become the fi rst Spartan under 3. Jim Crowley (1929-32) ..........................712 (22-8-3) Football Playoff Semifi nal at Cotton Bowl). Dantonio Dantonio to be chosen in the fi rst round. Cornerback 4. Chester Brewer (1903-10, ‘17, ‘19) .....699 (58-23-7) STAFF THE also extended his school record for most bowl appear- Trae Waynes was selected in the fi rst round by the 5. Mark Dantonio (2007-) .........................682 (90-42) ances (nine) by a head coach with a trip to the College Minnesota Vikings at No. 11 overall in 2015. Michigan Football Playoff Semifi nal at the Cotton Bowl Classic in State became just the sixth school to have cornerbacks BIG TEN GAMES 2015 (previous record: George Perles with seven from selected in the fi rst round of the NFL Draft in consecu- Rk. Coach (Years) .................................................Wins 1983-94). Dantonio is 4-5 in bowl games at Michigan tive years, joining Alabama (2012-13), LSU (2011-12), 1. Duffy Daugherty (1954-72) .................................. 72 RECAP State, including a school-record four-game winning Miami-Florida (2005-06), Ohio State (1999-2001) and 2. George Perles (1983-94) ..................................... 53 2016 streak (2012 Outback, 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings, 2014 Notre Dame (1993-94). In 2016, offensive tackle Jack Mark Dantonio (2007-) ....................................... 53 Rose, 2015 Cotton). Dantonio has led his teams to 11 Conklin became the highest Spartan drafted under Rk. Coach (Years) [Min. 10 games] ...............Win Pct. bowl berths in 13 seasons as a head coach (nine at Dantonio as he was chosen No. 8 overall by the Ten- 1. Mark Dantonio (2007-) .........................654 (53-28) RECORDS MSU, two at Cincinnati). nessee Titans, and went on earn AP All-Pro honors as 2. Denny Stolz (1973-75) ..........................604 (14-9-1) SPARTAN a rookie. The Spartans had six players drafted in 2012, 3. Nick Saban (1995-99) .........................603 (23-15-1) Dantonio has coached the third-most games of any the most in the Dantonio era, and fi ve in 2016. Spartan head coach in school history (Daugherty: 183; BOWL APPEARANCES Perles: 139; Dantonio: 132). In addition, Dantonio is the From his fi rst day on the job, Dantonio has pledged to Rk. Coach (Years) ...............................................Bowls third-longest tenured coach in the Big Ten (Kirk Ferentz, support student-athletes as they pursue excellence, 1. Mark Dantonio (2007-) ......................................... 9 SPARTAN Iowa: 19th season; Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern: 12th both in the classroom and on the playing fi eld. In his fi rst 2. George Perles (1983-94) ....................................... 7 HISTORY season) and eighth longest in the FBS. 10 seasons, a total of 188 players have earned their undergraduate degrees. In addition, 136 Spartans have BOWL WINS Rk.