Regulation size autographed Wilson Basketball signed by current Michigan State Men's Basketball Coach Tom Izzo

Tom Izzo (born January 30, 1955 in Iron Mountain, Michigan) is the men's basketball coach for Michigan State University. Under Coach Izzo, the Michigan State program has been one of the most successful in the country^{[citation needed]}, winning the national championship in 2000 and had ten players selected in the NBA draft, third most in the NCAA since 2000. ESPN's Andy Katz acknowledged that the Michigan State program under Tom Izzo has arguably been college basketball's top program over the past 10 years[1]. The Spartans have reached the Final Four in four of the past nine seasons, more than any other team during that time. Izzo has won four national coach of the year awards. His 233 wins in his first ten years as head coach rank seventh in the history of college basketball. His streak of three straight Final Four appearances from 1999-2001 is the third-longest of all time.

Hired as head coach at Michigan State in 1995, Izzo is currently the longest-tenured basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference. Michigan State began a streak of eleven straight NCAA tournament appearances, which is the 5th longest current streak among Division I teams. During that run only Mike Krzyzewski (29) has more NCAA tournament wins than Tom Izzo (26). Izzo also joins Coach K and Ben Howland as the only three coaches that have made three consecutive Final Fours since the NCAA tournament bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Tom Izzo has coached his teams to four regular-season Big Ten championships, two Big Ten Tournament titles, four NCAA Final Four appearances, and one NCAA national championship. Since he became head coach, every player that he has recruited and who completed their full eligibility has gone to the Final Four. 82 percent of his players who completed their eligibility left MSU with a degree.