Michigan State may have waited to fire Jonathan Smith until after the season, but the program knew ahead of time who it wants to take over.
Michigan State plans to hire former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program, a source close to the matter indicated to The Detroit News on Sunday.

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