Detroit Free Press
First-year Michigan
State football coach Mel Tucker was named The Dodd Trophy's national coach
of the week Tuesday.
The Spartans upset
then-No. 13 Northwestern on Saturday, 29-20, in East Lansing. The Dodd
Trophy's weekly award goes to a coach "who led his team to a significant
victory during the previous week, while also embodying the award’s three
pillars of scholarship, leadership and integrity."
It was MSU's first win
over a team in the College Football Playoff's top 10 since the Spartans beat
Penn State in 2017.
Tucker is 4-3 against
teams ranked in the AP Top 25, including a 2-1 record at Michigan State. Four
of his seven wins as a college head coach in his first two seasons have come
against ranked opponents.
The Spartans (2-3) are scheduled to host No. 4 Ohio State (4-0)
at noon Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
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