Michigan State's head coach Jonathan Smith looks on from the sideline during the third quarter in the game against Rutgers on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

Alan Haller, who hired Smith, was fired in May and there’s a new athletic director in J Batt, which ramps up the pressure to win. Michigan State is a decade removed from its peak of the modern ...

A month into taking over as Michigan State’s new athletic director, J Batt is still getting settled in East Lansing while also hitting the road. Meeting with players, coaches and staff on campus is ...

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Smith was hired by Michigan State's previous athletic director Alan Haller, who the school moved on from in May. That means that Smith was not hired by new athletic director J Batt, so he has to ...

Smith was hired away from Oregon State, his alma mater, after a six-season run by former athletic director Alan Haller, who was fired by MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz in May.

Michigan State athletic director J Batt has been on the job more than a month and he is already working on bringing in new donors and more revenue to supplant the athletic department's growing budget.