Michigan State rebounded and won 10 games in 2017, to ease the pressure on Dantonio in a broad sense.

Record vs. Ohio State during that time: Michigan State 3-10, Michigan 1-11. Coach Mark Dantonio stood by Lewerke as the starter this week. Embed from Getty Images Dantonio …

And with the Spartans currently spiraling out of control, I now believe that statement more than ever. 3 in both national polls, the highest ranking for the Spartans since 1966. Record vs. the points spread: 11-0.

Dantonio’s abrupt retirement on Feb. 4 ended the most successful run in modern Spartan football history. Dantonio had an 8-5 record vs. Michigan, 6-4 record vs. Penn State and 3-8 record vs. Ohio State (more than any other school since 2011).

Dantonio went 6-4 vs. Penn State, 5-4 vs. Iowa and 4-5 vs. Wisconsin.

5 Stanford in the 100th Rose Bowl Game, beating No.

But with this year’s struggles against good teams, the heat is back on. Dantonio: I hope this program moves forward in a big way (1:14) Mark Dantonio thinks the head-coaching position at Michigan State will be highly …
Since Urban Meyer arrived at OSU in 2012, he and Mark Dantonio … Perhaps equally as impressive as his win-loss record, or even more so depending on who you ask, Dantonio’s clubs are …

Michigan State football from 1947-66 was a … 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game for the school's eighth Big Ten title, and finishing No.
Mark Dantonio holds aloft part of the Big Ten trophy and quarterback Connor Cook grins in the background after MSU beats Ohio State, 34-24, … Michigan State had a record-setting season in 2013, winning a school-record 13 games, defeating No. The next coach faces those challenges. Following the 2017 season, I told as many people as I could that Mark Dantonio would not be head coach of the Michigan State Spartans past the 2019 campaign. Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio announced his surprise retirement Tuesday on Twitter, and the Spartans are better off for it.

And ten years later, that 2007 game remains the last time Ohio State beat Michigan State in Columbus. Mark Dantonio went 114-57 as Michigan State Spartans football coach (2007 to 2019), winning the 2013 Rose Bowl and making the college playoff in 2015.