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Longtime Michigan State assistant Mike Garland, college pal of Izzo's, says he's retiring

It's been an offseason of change for Michigan State basketball's coaching staff.

And the staff shuffling continued Thursday with the announcement that Mike Garland, who has spent 22 seasons working for Tom Izzo over two different stints, has decided to retire.

Garland first joined Izzo's staff in 1996 and stayed until 2003, when he was named head coach at Cleveland State. After three years with Cleveland State, he spent one season at SMU before returning to the Michigan State bench in 2007. He was been with the Spartans ever since, most recently as a special assistant to Izzo.