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Longtime Michigan State football strength coach Ken Mannie retiring as staff left in limbo

Michigan State football head strength and conditioning coach described the Spartans' toughest summer workouts in this 2013 video. Lansing State Journal

EAST LANSING — The changes within Michigan State’s football program continue to come rapidly.

Ken Mannie, the Spartans’ venerable head strength and conditioning coach, announced he will be retiring via Twitter on Thursday morning. He joined Nick Saban’s staff in December 1994 and spent the past 25 years at MSU, working for every football coach since.

Spent the past several months informing family and close friends. Wanted to wait till things settled a bit on the current situation to make this public.