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Tom Izzo Biography

Tom Izzo is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on January 30, 1955 in Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States. NCAA head coach, who was the first to win the National Championship with Michigan State in the year 2000.

He was the coach of All-Star Power forward Zach Randolph at Michigan State University.

Izzo, who is of Italian and Finnish descent, was born and raised in Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near the border of Wisconsin. In his hometown he met best friend and former NFL head coach Steve Mariucci. Both he and his friend attended Iron Mountain High where they were teammates on the football, basketball and track teams. At Northern Michigan University in Marquette, where they were roommates, Izzo played guard for the men’s basketball team from 1973 to 1977. In his senior season, he set a school record for minutes played and was named a Division II All-American.

After graduating from Northern Michigan, Izzo was head coach at Ishpeming High School for one season. He then took an assistant coaching job at Northern Michigan University from 1979 to 1983. Izzo was then named a part-time assistant at Michigan State in September 1983. After a short two-month stay in 1986 as an assistant coach at University of Tulsa, Izzo returned to Michigan State when assistant Mike Deane left to become head coach at Siena College. Prior to the 1990–91 season, then coach Jud Heathcote elevated Izzo to associate head coach. After Heathcote’s retirement following the 1994–95 season and upon both Heathcote and the Michigan State Athletic Director’s recommendation, Izzo was named the new head coach of men’s basketball for MSU.

He was married to Lupe Martinez on the 28th of November 1992. The couple have a son and one daughter.

NameTom Izzo
First NameTom
Last NameIzzo
OccupationBasketball Coach
BirthdayJanuary 30
Birth Year1955
Place of BirthIron Mountain
Home TownMichigan
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignCapricorn
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseLupe Marinez Izzo
Children(s)Steven Izzo, Raquel Izzo

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Under Izzo, Michigan State has been a successful collegiate basketball program, earning him the nickname of “Mr March” by some on account of his past success in the NCAA Tournament. Izzo has led the Spartans to the 2000 NCAA Division I National Championship, the 2009 NCAA National Championship Game, eight Final Fours, ten Big Ten championships, and six Big Ten Tournament championships in his 25 years at Michigan State. The coach with the most wins in school history, Izzo’s teams have earned invitations to 22 consecutive NCAA tournaments, and his teams have never had a losing season. In addition, MSU set the Big Ten record for the longest home court winning streak. These accomplishments led analyst Andy Katz at ESPN to deem Michigan State the top college basketball program for the decade from 1998 to 2007.

Tom Izzo Net Worth

Tom Izzo is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Izzo's net worth $13 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A Division II All-American while playing for Northern Michigan University.

He was awarded by the Associated Press National Coach of the Year in 1998.

Tom Izzo (/ˈ ɪ z oʊ / , Italian pronunciation: [ˈittso] ); born January 30, 1955), is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach at Michigan State University since 1995. On April 4, 2016, Izzo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Net Worth$13 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeBasketball Coach
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Izzo was head coach of the USA Basketball men’s team that took 4th place at the 2003 Pan American Games. Prior to that he was assistant coach of the team that had a 5–0 record and won the gold medal at the 2001 Goodwill Games. Izzo served on the Collegiate Committee of USA Basketball’s 2005–2008 Quadrennium Committees.

In 2005 and 2006, Izzo participated in Operation Hardwood, in which college coaches went to Kuwait military camps to coach basketball teams of American service members. Among the other coaches were Tubby Smith, Gary Williams, and Rick Barnes. In 2005, Izzo’s team won the tournament championship.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Height5 ft 9 in
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Tom Izzo has been married to his wife, Lupe Marinez Izzo, since 1992. They have a daughter, Raquel, and an adopted son, Steven. Steven is a Walk-on player for his father at Michigan State.

Hired as head coach at Michigan State in 1995, Izzo is currently the longest-tenured basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference. He became the coach with the most wins in school history after winning his 341st game on November 29, 2009, to surpass Heathcote. In his first two seasons as head coach, Izzo went 9–9 finishing 6th and 7th in the conference and failed to make the NCAA Tournament. In 1998, MSU’s record in conference improved to 13–3 and Izzo won the first of his ten regular-season Big Ten championships. 1998 also saw Michigan State begin a streak of 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, which is the 3rd longest current streak among Division I teams. Izzo has a record of 52–21 in the NCAA Tournament. In 1999, Izzo won his first of six Big Ten Tournament titles, and went to his first Final Four, the first of three straight Final Four appearances, joining Krzyzewski and Ben Howland as the only three coaches who have made three consecutive Final Fours since the NCAA Tournament bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. In the instate rivalry with Michigan, Izzo’s official record against the Wolverines is 24–14, although Michigan vacated five of their wins in the series at the start of his head coaching career.

Who is Tom Izzo Dating?

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Izzo fell short of obtaining his second national championship in 2009, losing to North Carolina 89–72. His streak of three straight Final Four appearances from 1999 to 2001 is the third-longest of all time, and his six Final Four appearances in the years 1999–2010 were matched by no other team in college basketball.

Facts & Trivia

Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Izzo celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.

In 2000, Izzo led MSU to its second NCAA national championship with an 89–76 win over Florida. Eighty-two percent of his players who completed their eligibility left MSU with a degree. Over the years, Izzo has been pursued by the Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and New Jersey Nets for head coaching jobs. After a brief flirtation with Cleveland, on June 15, 2010, Izzo reported to the Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees that he would remain head coach of Michigan State, in which he stated he was “a Spartan for life.”

How many rings does Izzo have?

Izzo won a national championship in 2000. He has 10 Final Four appearances. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. He has 10 regular-season Big Ten championships, six Big Ten Tournament titles and a Big Ten-record 23-straight (soon to be 24-straight) NCAA Tournament appearances.

What nationality is Tom Izzo?

American

How tall is Izzo?

5′ 9″

What nationality is Lupe Izzo?

American

Who is the winningest coach?

RankCoachSeasons
1Mike Krzyzewski47
2Jim Boeheim46
3Jim Calhoun44
4Bob Huggins40
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