Pat Fitzgerald reportedly targeting another huge defensive assistant coach hire

Michigan State's new football coach Pat Fitzgerald pats his heart at the crowd in attendance for the Spartans basketball game against Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. | Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesWith each passing day, it feels like Pat Fitzgerald’s coaching staff puzzle finds another key piece. The new Michigan State football coach has hired a solid staff thus far, identifying his offensive and defensive coordinators, and a couple other key position coaches.

Fitzgerald has reportedly hired Nick Sheridan as the team’s offensive coordinator, poaching him from Alabama on the same weekend he helped beat Oklahoma in…