Interviews: Michigan State coaches, leaders react to departures of President Kevin Guskiewicz and Athletic Director J Batt

EAST LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - Another year, another change in leadership at Michigan State University. MSU athletic director J Batt left East Lansing for the same role at the University of Kentucky on Monday, weeks after MSU president Kevin Guskiewicz announced he had accepted the president role at Clemson University.

News 10 Sports spoke with men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, football coach Pat Fitzgerald, baseball coach Jake Boss Jr., executive deputy AD Jon Palumbo, local entrepreneur and longtime Spartan supporter Gregory Eaton, and former Michigan State AD Mark Hollis on Monday and got their reactions to another shakeup in university leadership.

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Gregory Eaton:

Mark Hollis:

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