Location: East Lansing, Michigan ▪ Colors: Green & White
Record: 114 Years, 1550-1038, .599 W-L%
Conferences: Big Ten and Ind
Conference Champion: 13 Times (Reg. Seas.), 3 Times (Tourn.)
NCAA Tournament: 27 Years (56-26), 8 Final Fours, 2 Championships
NCAA Champion: 1979 and 2000
Ranked in AP Poll: 18 Times (Preseason), 19 Times (Final), 362 Weeks (Total)
Record only includes games as head coach of Michigan State.
| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | W-L% | CREG | CTRN | NCAA | FF | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Izzo | 1996 | 2013 | 18 | 617 | 439 | 178 | .712 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Jud Heathcote | 1977 | 1995 | 19 | 560 | 336 | 224 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin VanAlstyne | 1927 | 1949 | 22 | 394 | 231 | 163 | .586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Forddy Anderson | 1955 | 1965 | 11 | 249 | 125 | 124 | .502 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Gus Ganakas | 1970 | 1976 | 7 | 173 | 89 | 84 | .514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chester Brewer | 1904 | 1910 | 7 | 95 | 70 | 25 | .737 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | John Benington | 1966 | 1969 | 4 | 92 | 54 | 38 | .587 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | John Macklin | 1911 | 1916 | 6 | 86 | 48 | 38 | .558 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Pete Newell | 1951 | 1954 | 4 | 87 | 45 | 42 | .517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | George Gauthier | 1917 | 1920 | 4 | 73 | 38 | 35 | .521 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Lyman Frimodig | 1921 | 1922 | 2 | 44 | 24 | 20 | .545 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Fred Walker | 1923 | 1924 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 19 | .513 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | George Denman | 1902 | 1903 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | John H. Kobs | 1925 | 1926 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 26 | .297 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Charles Bemies | 1900 | 1901 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Alton Kircher | 1950 | 1950 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 18 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | No Coach | 1899 | 1899 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |||