Michigan State has fired head football coach Jonathan Smith. The Michigan State Spartans were 9-15 during his two year
tenure at the helm as head football coach. Here is a
look at the Michigan State Spartans football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model) and does not cover the first two seasons of Mark Dantonio (2008-2019), Mel Tucker (2020-2023)
and Jonathan Smith (2024-2025). After the
figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the Michigan State Spartans football program during head coach Smith's
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Jonathan Smith [2024-2025]
2024
The Spartans finished
the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible. The Spartans played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Michigan State's
best win
was against #32 ranked Iowa by a
score of (32-20) and their worst loss was to #66 ranked Boston College by a
score of (19-23).
Michigan State was the #97 ranked team overall, with the #121 ranked
offense and the #31 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025
The Spartans were 4-8 at the time of Smith's firing. The Spartans played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Michigan State's
best win was against #64 ranked Western Michigan by a score of (23-6) and their worst loss was to #130 ranked UCLA by a
score of (13-38).
At the time of Smith's firing, Michigan State was the #105 ranked team overall, with the #102 ranked
offense and the #100 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025 FBS Head Coach Changes
