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Ohm YoungmisukApr 1, 2026, 04:51 PM ET<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University. Multiple Authors<\/p>\n Michigan State<\/a> basketball head coach Tom Izzo said he “talked seriously” with Suns<\/a> majority owner Mat Ishbia about Phoenix’s head coaching job last summer before the team ultimately hired Jordan Ott.<\/p>\n Izzo, who just coached the Spartans to the Sweet 16 before losing to UConn<\/a>, said he was tempted to join Ishbia in Phoenix. Ishbia was a walk-on player at Michigan State on Izzo’s national championship team in 2000.<\/p>\n “I was a lot younger but I have [had] more than a couple of job offers in the NBA and looked at one last year with Phoenix,” Izzo said while appearing on “The Dan Patrick Show.”<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n “My former player, Mat Ishbia — that was hard. That was a hard thing to turn down because … I kind of wanted to go with him.”<\/p>\n Asked if the Suns offered him the head coaching job, Izzo said: “We talked seriously about it, let’s say that.”<\/p>\n Izzo, 71, has been the head coach at Michigan State since the 1995-96 season and is the all-time winningest coach in the Big Ten conference. The Hall of Famer has led the Spartans to 28 consecutive NCAA tournaments, including eight Final Four appearances.<\/p>\n Izzo considered NBA head coaching jobs in the past with the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> and Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>. He has said, however, that he remains intensely driven to win his second national championship.<\/p>\n The Suns are loaded with Michigan State connections. Ott was a graduate assistant for two years before spending five seasons as the video coordinator for the Spartans from 2008 to 2013. Suns general manager Brian Gregory was a longtime assistant coach at Michigan State. The Suns also added former Michigan State star Mateen Cleaves as a player-development coach last summer.<\/p>\n
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