“We've gone to Final Fours as one seeds, we've gone there as five seeds. I think every Final Four we've been in we've had the most losses, just because sometimes scheduling, sometimes poor coaching, whatever the case may be.”

American college basketball coach, born 1955

Thomas Michael Izzo is an American college basketball coach. Born in 1955, he has been the head coach at Michigan State University since 1995 and was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. He is best known for leading Michigan State for decades and for his standing in college basketball. His public remarks often reflect the mindset of a long-serving coach, with attention to leadership, effort, and the demands of the game.