Izzo 'disgusted' as MSU loses president and AD in weeks
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- Tom Izzo told reporters Monday he is 'disgusted' by the MSU leadership upheaval, called Guskiewicz's departure 'ridiculous' and 'self-inflicted,' and challenged the school's 600,000-member alumni base to 'start rallying together.'
- Kevin Guskiewicz is leaving for the Clemson presidency after just two years at MSU, writing in a May 27 letter that an 'unsustainable situation' emerged as board members moved from 'offering alternative perspectives into publicly undermining decisions.'
- J Batt departed MSU for the same role at Kentucky on Monday after only one year in East Lansing; he had established the independent corporation Spartan Ventures to boost athletic revenue, a move some trustees had criticized.
- Days before Guskiewicz's move, Michigan State's board of trustees voted to strengthen its code of ethics; trustees Rema Vassar and Mike Balow voted against the revision and were subsequently censured.
- Mark Hollis, who led MSU's athletic department from 2008 until his 2018 resignation amid the Larry Nassar sexual abuse investigation, told several media outlets Monday he would be interested in returning to the athletic director role.
Why it matters: MSU must now run simultaneous searches for a president and an athletic director, a process that will play out under the public rebuke of the Hall of Fame coach who has run the school's most visible program since 1995 and who is openly framing the board dysfunction as 'self-inflicted.'
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