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Michigan State's Pat Fitzgerald Builds Coaching Staff

12/23/2025

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Michigan State coach Pat Fitzgerald is assembling his staff, hiring Nick Sheridan as offensive coordinator and naming Joe Rossi and Max Bullough co-defensive coordinators.
Fitzgerald has retained safeties coach James Adams and hired LeVar Woods as special teams coordinator.
He targets Hank Poteat, Iowa State's cornerbacks coach, to fill the defensive backs position.
Poteat helped Iowa State post a top-three national pass defense in 2024.
Several key positions remain.

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Michigan State coach Pat Fitzgerald is assembling his staff, hiring Nick Sheridan as offensive coordinator and naming Joe Rossi and Max Bullough co-defensive coordinators.
Fitzgerald has retained safeties coach James Adams and hired LeVar Woods as special teams coordinator.
He targets Hank Poteat, Iowa State's cornerbacks coach, to fill the defensive backs position.
Poteat helped Iowa State post a top-three national pass defense in 2024.
Several key positions remain.