Jonathan Smith (American football coach)
Jonathan Charles Smith is an American college football coach, currently the head coach at Michigan State University. He was previously the head coach for six seasons at his alma mater, Oregon State University. As a player, he was a four-year starter at quarterback for the Beavers under head coaches Mike Riley and Dennis Erickson.
Smith in 2017
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University (MSU) in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The Spartans are members of the Big Ten Conference. Michigan State claims a total of six national championships, including two from major wire-service: AP Poll and/or Coaches' Poll. The Spartans have also won eleven conference championships, with two in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and nine in the Big Ten.
1913 Michigan Agricultural College (MSU) vs Michigan
A football signed by the 1979 Michigan State Spartans football team
Coach Duffy Daugherty
Michigan State playing Illinois in a October 1996 game at Spartan Stadium