LANSING – Michigan State University Football head coach Mark Dantonio disregarded warnings about a player's criminal history and later sought to deflect attention from that decision when another crime was committed, a former staff member said in court documents.
Curtis Blackwell Jr., former director of college advancement and performance/camp director for the Spartan football team, said in a deposition that Dantonio was warned by staffers including Blackwell that 2016 recruit Auston Robertson was a liability because of his past criminal record, but the head coach ignored those pleas.