Cincinnati football coach Luke Fickell will not be Michigan State's next head coach.
Fickell has decided to stay with the Bearcats, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press.
Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman and members of the the school's search party interviewed Fickell in Cincinnati on Sunday, but they returned towithout a new head coach.
According to people with knowledge of the process, Fickell decided to stay after speaking with new Cincinnati athletic director John Cunningham on Monday morning. It wasn't immediately clear whether Fickell ever received an offer from Michigan State.