His childhood best friend was former NFL coach Steve Mariucci Tom Izzo met his best friend in high school. That friend, who later became Izzo's college roommate, was Steve Mariucci, an NFL ...

Michigan State may be coming into March Madness as an unranked contender, but Spartans Head Coach Tom Izzo knows ... up in Iron Mountain, Izzo met his best friend Steve Mariucci.

How Long Has Tom Izzo Been at Michigan State? Born and raised in Iron Mountain, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Izzo met best ...

Steve Mariucci was 10. His fifth-grade basketball ... football’s gold standard over the past two decades. Tom Izzo, the absent savior in that long-ago loss, is one game from completing his ...

Reach the bottom of hill, however, and a road sign greets visitors: “Welcome to Iron Mountain,” it reads, “Proud Hometown of Tom Izzo & Steve Mariucci.” Many buildings in the old mining ...

MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo will have his No. 10 jersey at Northern Michigan University retired, NMU announced Friday night. It was announced at MSU Madness by Steve Mariucci ...

(AP) — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has been trying to downplay ... Former NFL coach Steve Mariucci surprised Izzo by showing up at the Breslin Center, sitting on the Spartans' bench with ...

Tom Izzo brought college basketball back to the ... including seeing the trailer park where Izzo and Steve Mariucci lived while they were athletes at NMU, made the weekend. "It's all been great ...