Last month, Mike Bottom retired as a Michigan Wolverine.
On Friday, he made a passionate public pitch to become a Michigan State Spartan.
Bottom, the longtime head coach of Michigan swimming and diving who won a national championship with the Wolverines, addressed the Michigan State Board of Trustees on Friday as the university considers reinstating the men's and women's swimming and diving program that was eliminated early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bottom previously told The News he has officially joined the advocacy group that has spent years trying to reinstate the programs at Michigan State.