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Michigan State fans react during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

NCAA puts Michigan State football on 3 years of probation for recruiting violations under Mel Tucker

The NCAA put Michigan State’s football program on three years of probation and penalized the school $30,000 plus 1.5% of the team’s budget after agreeing former staff members Saeed Khalif and Brandon Jordan under coach Mel Tucker broke rules regarding recruiting inducements and benefits, communicati

Georgia running back Trevor Etienne (1) celebrates his game-winning touchdown in overtime against Texas during the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

More playing time? A fresh start? Extra cash? The transfer portal produces winners and losers

Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith talks with reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith drew players away from Oregon State, persuaded Spartans to stay

FILE - Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker walk on on the sideline during an NCAA college football game against Miami, Sept 18, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. An appeal by former Michigan State head coach Tucker of findings in a sexual harassment case that led to his firing has been denied. (AP Photo/Michael Reaves, File)

Appeal by fired Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker in sex harassment case denied

Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith looks up at the scoreboard during the second half of the team's NCAA college football game against Oregon on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Mark Ylen)

Michigan State hires Jonathan Smith away from Oregon State, hoping he turns around another program

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FILE - Michigan State coach Mel Tucker watches the team's NCAA college football game against Rutgers, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. A Michigan State University hearing officer has determined that former coach Tucker sexually harassed rape survivor and activist Brenda Tracy, a person familiar with the ruling told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The hearing officer ruled Tucker was in violation of several terms of his contract, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to comment publicly on the investigation. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, her attorney says

FILE - Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Indianapolis. ichigan State athletic director Alan Haller has informed suspended football coach Mel Tucker he is being fired for cause without compensation for his conduct with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy. “The notice provides Tucker with seven calendar days to respond and present reasons to me and the interim president as to why he should not be terminated for cause,” Haller said in a statement sent by the school on Monday, Sept. 18.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Michigan State fires coach Mel Tucker for bringing ridicule to school, breaching his contract

FILE - Michigan State coach Mel Tucker walks the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller has informed suspended football coach Mel Tucker he is being fired for cause without compensation for his conduct with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy. “The notice provides Tucker with seven calendar days to respond and present reasons to me and the interim president as to why he should not be terminated for cause,” Haller said in a statement sent by the school on Monday, Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Mel Tucker’s attorney: Michigan State doesn’t have cause to fire suspended coach over phone sex

FILE - Michigan State coach Mel Tucker walks the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller has informed suspended football coach Mel Tucker he is being fired for cause without compensation for his conduct with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy. “The notice provides Tucker with seven calendar days to respond and present reasons to me and the interim president as to why he should not be terminated for cause,” Haller said in a statement sent by the school on Monday, Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Michigan State football coach Tucker says `other motives’ behind his firing for alleged misconduct

FILE - Michigan State coach Mel Tucker watches during an NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 15, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller has informed suspended football coach Mel Tucker he is being fired for cause without compensation for his conduct with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy. “The notice provides Tucker with seven calendar days to respond and present reasons to me and the interim president as to why he should not be terminated for cause,” Haller said in a statement sent by the school on Monday, Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State tells football coach Mel Tucker it will fire him for misconduct with rape survivor

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker walks the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 45-14. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State plans to dig into source of leak in Mel Tucker investigation

Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze (1) celebrates after his touchdown against Tulsa with teammate Germie Bernard (4) during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Michigan State hosts No. 8 Washington minus coach Mel Tucker

Michigan State acting head football coach Harlon Barnett speaks during an NCAA college football press conference since taking over for suspended coach Mel Tucker, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. (Nick King/Lansing State Journal via AP)

Harlon Barnett opens his run as Michigan State’s acting coach with a visit from No. 8 Washington

Michigan State acting head football coach Harlon Barnett speaks during an NCAA college football press conference since taking over for suspended coach Mel Tucker, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. (Nick King/Lansing State Journal via AP)

Michigan State hosts red-hot QB Michael Penix and No. 8 Washington minus coach Mel Tucker

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker signals from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Central Michigan, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Larry Nassar survivor says Michigan State’s latest mess shows it hasn’t learned from past

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker yells during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 45-14. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Suspended Michigan State coach calls harassment allegations false and outside scope of Title IX

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker walks the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Richmond, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 45-14. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State suspends coach Mel Tucker after allegations he sexually harassed a rape survivor

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Mel Tucker and Michigan State hope to bounce back from a lost season marred by suspensions

FILE - Michigan State coach Mel Tucker watches the NCAA college football team's game against Rutgers, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Tucker will wrap up spring practice Saturday afternoon, April 15, at Spartan Stadium, where fans will watch a 15-period practice that will include first-string offensive players scrimmaging against the team's top defense. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Michigan State wraps up drills, hoping to spring forward

FILE - Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, bottom right, leads his team out of the Michigan Stadium tunnel before an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 14, 2020. Michigan Stadium's tunnel will be a little wider next season. The school confirmed Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, that it will remove a portable section of seats from the front of the tunnel to give players, coaches and staff members more room to enter and exit the football field. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)

Michigan Stadium tunnel will widen without portable seating

Michigan tunnel melee now in hands of prosecutor for review

Illinois running back Chase Brown carries the ball during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Minnesota, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

No. 14 Illinois hosts downtrodden Michigan State

Security and police break up a scuffle between players from Michigan and Michigan State football teams in the Michigan Stadium tunnel after an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State President Samuel Stanley has apologized and says the actions of the football players who were involved in a postgame melee with Michigan players are “unacceptable.” He also says the players involved would be held responsible by coach Mel Tucker. (Kyle Austin/MLive Media Group via AP)

Spartans star Windmon among 4 more suspended in tunnel melee

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh argues a call against Penn State in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Jim Harbaugh expects 4 Michigan State players to be charged

Security and police break up a scuffle between players from Michigan and Michigan State football teams in the Michigan Stadium tunnel after an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State President Samuel Stanley has apologized and says the actions of the football players who were involved in a postgame melee with Michigan players are “unacceptable.” He also says the players involved would be held responsible by coach Mel Tucker. (Kyle Austin/MLive Media Group via AP)

Michigan St suspends 4 players for tunnel melee at Michigan

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh argues a call against Penn State in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

No. 4 Michigan aims to end 2-game skid vs. rival Michigan St

Michigan running back Blake Corum (2) bounces off the tackle of Penn State linebacker Tyler Elsdon (43) in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

No. 4 Michigan motivated to stop 2-game skid vs Michigan St

Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud drops back to pass against Rutgers during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Michigan State hopes to slow down Stroud, No. 3 Ohio State

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker watches from the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Minnesota, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Minnesota won 34-7. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Takeaways: After rush to give Tucker megadeal, MSU slips

Michigan State's Jalen Berger, center, Spencer Brown, left, and Keon Coleman (0) celebrate Berger's rushing touchdown against Akron during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

No. 14 Michigan State runs for 6 TDs in 52-0 rout of Akron

Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne looks downfield during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Western Michigan, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

No. 14 Michigan State aiming for consistency against Akron

No. 15 Mich St loses Snow for season, Henderson indefinitely

File - Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker watches the second half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana, Oct. 16, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. Tucker, entering his third season with the Spartans, knows what it takes to win it all. He did it as an assistant on championship-winning coaching staffs at Alabama in 2015 and with Ohio State in 2002. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

No. 15 Michigan St. opens season of promise vs W. Michigan

FILE - Michigan State wide receiver Jayden Reed (1) leaps near Pittsburgh defensive back Judson Tallandier (26) during the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football game Dec. 30, 2021, in Atlanta. Reed, an AP All-Big Ten all-purpose player, returned two punts for touchdowns last season and had team highs in catches (59), yards receiving (1,026) and receiving touchdowns (10). (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Mel Tucker leads No. 15 Michigan St against Western Michigan

Michigan State NCAA college football coach Mel Tucker gestures while speaking to reporters in his home in East Lansing, Mich., July 21, 2022. Michigan State's third-year football coach, hoping more people will get to know him better, gave five reporters an all-access day this summer that started on a golf course and ended on the sprawling deck at his house. (AP Photo/Larry Lage)

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker always on brand to promote

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