The list includes two of Izzo's former (and favorite) players, two of his former assistants, one Spartan basketball legend from the Jud Heathcote era, one Lansing-area basketball great (with a Spartan-friendly surname), one up-and-comer from a mid-major, and one dark-horse candidate from another Power Five program.
It's not very often you get so much positive energy in one place but that's what we experienced at the Izzo Legacy Run/Walk/Roll at Michigan State University.
Walk, run, or roll. No matter how you'd like to participate, you have the chance to be a part of Tom Izzo's Legacy during this year's annual Izzo Legacy 5K.
A group of trustees had approached the Michigan State University Basketball Coach Tom Izzo, about running the athletic department in an interim position until a new one was found.