​As TOC well knows, Michigan State has experienced its fair share of turnover in high-profile executive and coaching level positions recently. Earlier this spring, after just over two years on the job, President Kevin Guskiewicz announced he would depart for the same role at Clemson University. Guskiewicz then reversed course and will now remain in his position at MSU but he is Michigan State’s sixth leader, either in an acting, interim, or permanent capacity, since Lou Anna K. Simon resigned in January 2018 amidst the Larry Nassar scandal.Sign up for a user account and get:AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementImproved notifications system!Fewer adsCreate community postsComment on articles, community postsRec comments, community postsShortly after Guskiewicz announced his departure, but before he changed course, athletic director J Batt was hired away by the University of Kentucky. Batt had been on the job for just over a year at Michigan State. Guskiewicz recently elevated deputy AD Jon Palumbo to interim AD. Palumbo is MSU’s fourth AD since Mark Hollis’ 10- year run ended around the same time as Simon’s.Head football coach Pat Fitzgerald has gone through one spring practice in East Lansing and has yet to coach a game for the Spartans. This is after Batt brought him in to replace Jonathan Smith after his two lackluster years leading the football team. Fitzgerald is attempt number four for MSU to revive the program after Mark Dantonio’s sudden retirement in February 2020. Except for 2021 – the Kenneth Walker year – Michigan State hasn’t been able to find traction with Mel Tucker, Harlon Barnett (on an interim basis), and Smith.While it hasn’t yet translated to NCAA tournament success, the Spartan hockey program has stabilized under Adam Nightingale, who is set to begin his fifth season in charge. Nightingale has restored the program’s elite status after a rough decade under Tom Anastos and Danton Cole.Of course the only constant at Michigan State through all of this turnover has been men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, who will begin his 32nd year leading the program, and 44th overall after serving as Jud Heathcote’s assistant from 1983-1995.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBecause of the turnover at Michigan State, we thought it might be interesting to compare the Spartans’ situation to the last ten NCAA football and men’s basketball national champions. To recap, MSU has a president in year three, an interim athletic director who started days ago, a football coach in his first year, and Izzo.The raw data for football and basketball is shown in the two tables below and then we’ll try to dive a little deeper into the insights. The years columns in these tables represent how many years a coach, AD, or president had been at their respective school when they won their championship. For example, Curt Cignetti has been a head coach for a lot longer than two years but he was in his second year at Indiana when the Hoos