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Michigan State’s Tom Izzo breaks Bob Knight’s Big Ten wins record

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Last updated: 2025/02/16 at 3:09 AM
BigP Published February 16, 2025
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Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo broke Bob Knight’s Big Ten record for wins, leading the 11th-ranked Spartans to a 79-65 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday night.

Tom Izzo on becoming the winningest BIG 10 coach “I’d turn it in for a banner”:

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Perhaps fittingly, Izzo’s first Big Ten win came back in January 1996 against Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers.

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The three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year is now the active leader in Big Ten Conference wins (354) and ranks eighth among active coaches in career victories (727).

[Related: FOX Sports’ Bill Raftery pens congratulatory letter to Tom Izzo]

Izzo, who is in his 30th year as the head coach at Michigan State, has won 10 Big Ten regular-season titles, six Big Ten Tournament titles, has made eight Final Fours, and won one NCAA championship. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.

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