Detroit — Tom Izzo was playing golf on Tuesday, but his day job wasn’t far from his mind.
The Michigan State basketball coach was playing in the Area 313 Celebrity Challenge at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He was part of a group that included Bubba Watson, Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard and female World Long Drive competitor Troy Mullins.
There were plenty of chants of “Go Green” as Izzo played in the three-hole event, which comes roughly three months after Izzo led the Spartans to the Final Four after winning the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships.