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Ex-OSU aide Dantonio sets high goals for Spartans



Tuesday, November 28, 2006
From staff and wire reports
East Lansing, Mich. -- Mark Dantonio is back with the Michigan State football program. This time, he's in charge and he has much flashier jewelry.
Dantonio, an assistant with the program from 1995 to 2000 and the Cincinnati head coach the past three seasons, was hired Monday as the Spartans coach. At his introduction, he displayed the 2002 championship ring he won as Ohio State's defensive coordinator.
"I wear this championship ring very, very few times, but I wear it for a reason," Dantonio said. "I wear it to symbolize what can happen when you have the resources, when you have the players, and most importantly when you have the commitment."
He succeeds John L. Smith, who was fired before completing his fourth season in East Lansing. He finished with a 22-26 record. Michigan State finished 4-8 this year and has missed out on a bowl trip three straight seasons for the first time since the early 1980s.
Dantonio becomes the ninth Michigan State coach since Duffy Daugherty left after the 1972 season. Michigan State is barely above .500 since and has won eight or more games in consecutive seasons just once, with one Rose Bowl appearance.
Dantonio inherits a team that has struggled on the field and in recruiting battles with nearby powerhouses Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame.
"If you have an opportunity to compete against the best, you can become the best," Dantonio said. "You have the opportunity to measure up."
Dantonio's hiring represents the first Big Ten branch of the Jim Tressel coaching tree. Tressel had faced his former assistant twice before, when the Buckeyes beat Cincinnati in 2004 and again this season. They'll meet when Michigan State visits Columbus on Oct. 20 next season.
"I am so proud to have Mark Dantonio back in the Big Ten," Tressel said in a statement. "It's a little bit like when one of your players receives his degree or is a first-round draft choice. You just feel good about what they have accomplished."
The Michigan State Board of Trustees unanimously approved president Lou Anna Simon's recommendation to hire Dantonio. The five-year contract guarantees him about $1.1 million a year, on the lower end of the Big Ten pay scale. The contract also has a $200,000 signing bonus and incentives.
The 50-year-old Dantonio had an 18-17 record at Cincinnati, including a win over previously unbeaten Rutgers this month. The Big East school is awaiting a bowl bid, but Dantonio wouldn't coach that game. Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi was appointed Cincinnati's interim head coach.
Other possible candidates included Miami Dolphins assistant Charlie Baggett, Browns defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini, Central Michigan coach Brian Kelly and Philadelphia Eagles assistant Pat Shurmur.
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