密歇根州雇用Pat Fitzgerald为足球教练。 Michigan State hires Pat Fitzgerald as football coach amid controversy over past hazing scandal.

密歇根州立大学于2025年12月12日雇用Pat Fitzgerald为其新足球教练,签署为期五年的3 000万美元合同,提供400万美元的基薪和绩效奖励。 Michigan State University hired Pat Fitzgerald as its new football coach on December 12, 2025, signing him to a five-year, $30 million contract with a $4 million base salary and performance incentives. 菲茨杰拉德接替乔纳森·史密斯，已经开始重建阵容，向外接手科里·斯科特提供了转会名额。 Fitzgerald, who replaces Jonathan Smith, has already begun rebuilding the roster by offering a transfer spot to wide receiver Corey Scott. 此次聘用是在菲茨杰拉德在西北大学曾发生过欺凌丑闻后引发的争议，尽管他并未被发现直接参与其中。 The hiring follows controversy over Fitzgerald’s past at Northwestern, where a hazing scandal occurred under his watch, though he was not found to have directly participated. 虽然该大学声称它进行了尽职调查,但人们仍对MSU在以往的不当行为问题之后试图重建时的声誉所面临的风险表示关切。 While the university claims it conducted due diligence, concerns remain about the risks to MSU’s reputation as it seeks to rebuild after past misconduct issues.