Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio’s connections to Ohio and Ohio …

AP FILE PHOTO, OCT. 20, 2007 | published: December 4, 2013

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio’s connections to Ohio and Ohio State run deep. Dantonio, a Zanesville native, is adamant that there is no lingering animosity between him and the coaching staff at OSU, where he once coached under Jim Tressel. He also was one of Tressel’s assistant coaches at Youngstown State.