Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
Pat Fitzgerald is back in the Big Ten this fall after a couple of years out of football.
The former Northwestern coach was the winningest in Wildcats history, and now he replaces Jonathan Smith at Michigan State after an experiment that failed after just two seasons. Fitzgerald, who is 51, turned in three 10-win seasons in Evanston and reached the Big Ten title game in 2020.
However, he was just 4-20 in his final two seasons at Northwestern before he was fired ahead of the 2023 season following an investigation into alleged hazing within the football program. Joining a Spartans program that has just one winning season since Mark Dantonio retired in 2019, Fitzgerald is setting the expectations high.
"I wouldn't say I have a chip on my shoulder," Fitzgerald said, per ESPN. "I wouldn't say our program has a chip on our shoulder. I'd say we have a bag of chips on our shoulder, and I'll…
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