Tom Izzo is nearing another massive milestone

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo is nearing yet another massive milestone that he should reach next season.

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo has accomplished so much during his storied career. Countless Final Fours, Big Ten championships, and a national title are just a few of his accomplishments.

Izzo is also the winningest Big Ten coach of all time.

However, he does not have the most conference wins in Big Ten history. That should be changing soon.

Most Big Ten wins in history

As it stands today, Tom Izzo has 337 Big Ten wins to his name. That is second amongst Big Ten coaches all time, trailing only the legendary Bob Knight. During his time with Indiana, Knight finished with 353 Big Ten wins. Izzo has already surpassed Knight with the most wins as a Big Ten coach, but he still has a little work to do when looking just at wins in the Big Ten.

This means that Izzo needs 16 more wins to tie Knight’s record and 17 to take the lead. Considering Michigan State only has 12 regular season games left and hopefully a couple more in the Big Ten tournament, this record will not be reached this season. He will, however, likely reach it next season.

Knight is someone who Izzo has been chasing his entire career. He is easily the best Big Ten coach of all time with Izzo always close behind. Now I don’t know if Izzo will ever pass Knight considering he has three national championships to his name, but it appears he will pass him in every other major statistical category. If Izzo can get one more national championship, then he may have a legit argument.

But for the time being, Izzo will likely pass Knight for this record sometime next season. He did confirm in a CBS Sports interview that he will be back next year, so unless something crazy happens, it’s just a matter of time until this record is Izzo’s.