Tom Izzo & I at the Grand Canyon on a cross-country roadtrip post college grad 1977 #TBT How's that #MarchMadness! pic.twitter.com/bXQv8DLAvk
— Steve Mariucci (@SteveMariucci) March 27, 2014
Former NFL head coach Steve Mariucci and Spartans’ head coach Tom Izzo are good buddies, and have apparently been so for quite some time. Check out the throwback Thursday image which Mariucci Tweeted recently which features the two friends at the Grand Canyon way back in 1977.

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