The 2026 Michigan State Spartans football team will represent Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans will play their home games at Spartan Stadium located in East Lansing, Michigan, and will be led by first-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald.
Following the conclusion of the 2025 season, the school fired head coach Jonathan Smith after two seasons. On December 1, 2025, the school named former Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald the team's new coach. Fitzgerald retained defensive coordinator Joe Rossi, receivers coach Courtney Hawkins, safeties coach James Adams, and tight ends coach Brian Wozniak. Former MSU linebacker Max Bullough was hired as a co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach and LeVar Woods was named special teams coach.
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