In just three seasons, Mark Dantonio has restored the pride and tradition of Spartan football.
A Zanesville, Ohio, native with Midwest ties, Dantonio has 27 years of collegiate coaching experience and coached in his 14th bowl game as the Spartans faced Texas Tech in the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl. He has led MichiganState to three-straight bowl appearances – a first for the program since 1995-97 – and has already won 33 games at MSU in his first four seasons. MSU Spartans will be seen in the upcoming Capital One Bowl facing Alabama.
Dantonio, who served as head coach at Cincinnati for three seasons prior to his arrival in East Lansing and also spent six years as an assistant coach at MichiganState from 1995-2000, became MichiganStateUniversity’s 24th head football coach on Nov. 27, 2006. He has worked for some of the top coaches in the game, including Nick Saban, Jim Tressel and Earle Bruce
The video below addresses Marks strong feelings towards education being the number 1 priority goal of his players and how this scholarship offers the opportunity for those who didn’t finish to come back home and complete their education.
“The George Webster Scholarship Fund allows our players, many of our players, to come back and earn their degree after playing here.”
