Izzo donates $1 million to Michigan St. athletics

[Orangeyes]

Izzo is a class act all the way.

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[EastCoast2]

Hard to not like Izzo

 

[690West]

Freaking love that guy. The anti Calhoun. How much are you gonna give back coach? NOT ONE DIME

 

[Dick_in_MI]

Izzo is a class act all the way.

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I've told this story before but we live in the same suburb. I see him around from time to time.

At any rate, when he first got the head job at MSU my youngest and I were walking through a sporting goods store at our local mall. My son was wearing his Syracuse hat and Izzo walked towards us. He's a fairly short guy, at least in basketball inches. He got closer, looked at my son's hat, looked at me and sort of scowled. I cracked up.

Izzo isn't any more of a saint than most name coaches...Mateen Cleaves got into several brushes with the law and never was benched, Marcus Taylor somehow snagged seats behind the MSU bench for his entire high school career and, surprise surprise, signed with the Spartans. But Tom and his wife Lupi do a lot in the community and in our school system and yes, he has always come across as a pretty classy coach.