Former Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald is heading back to the Big Ten in a new head coaching job.
Fitzgerald is being hired as the new head coach at Michigan State, according to multiple reports. It marks his first head coaching job since he was fired by Northwestern in 2022.
Fitzgerald was consistently heralded for guiding a Northwestern program that punched above its weight. He posted three 10-win seasons at the school and went 110-101 overall at a program not known for competing with the biggest schools in the Big Ten…