Michigan State officially fired Mel Tucker for cause Wednesday. It follows a lengthy process in which Tucker was first suspended on Sept. 10 before the school announced its intent to fire him a week later.
Michigan State’s status as a Big Ten program will always make it a desirable post. While surprises come in every coaching cycle, the Spartans job looks like it will be on the higher end of jobs to come open this fall. It’s one of the only jobs this cycle that could end up paying a coach around $7.5 million per year or higher, which would place it around the top-20 paying jobs nationally.
So who might possible candidates be? Let’s take a look.
