Good morning! These are exciting times for the Michigan State Family!

What else are we serving up in today's Brew?

🏈 Jonathan Smith is a Spartan!
🏒 Top-10 battle
💚 And much, much more

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 New Head Man. Michigan State University announced over the weekend that Jonathan Smith has been named the 26th head football coach in school history!

Smith, the 2022 Pac-12 Co-Coach of the Year, built Oregon State into one of the top programs in its conference over his six-year tenure. Over the past three years, he led the Beavers to a 25-13 record and at one point had the team ranked No. 11 in the CFP rankings.

📰 READ MORE: Jonathan Smith Named Michigan State University Head Football Coach

🔼 Gopher Games. No. 7 Michigan State men’s hockey’s unbeaten streak stretched to seven games in the first of two matchups with the No. 8 Minnesota Golden Gophers over the weekend, before getting snapped in Game 2 of the series.

📰 GAME 1: Spartan Unbeaten Streak Reaches Seven In 3-3 Road Tie

📰 GAME 2: OT Heartbreak For Spartans At Minnesota, 6-5

🔼 Season Finale. Michigan State football’s season came to an end over the weekend at Ford Field in Detroit, losing to No. 11 Penn State.

Katin Houser completed 11-of-19 passes for 87 yards on the day, four of those completions going to tight end Maliq Carr for 34 yards.

📰 RECAP: Michigan State Falls To No. 11 Penn State At Ford Field

📈 BOX SCORE: Michigan State Football vs. Penn State

🎙 POSTGAME QUOTES: Michigan State Football vs. Penn State

🔼 Creighton In Cancun. Michigan State women’s basketball fell for the first time this season down in Mexico over the weekend to Creighton, 83-69.

The Spartans had a balanced attack in the game, with five scoring in double figures — Moira Joiner (13 points) led the way, followed by Abbey Kimball, Jocelyn Tate, Julia Ayrault and Tory Ozment, who all tallied 11 points.

📰 RECAP: Michigan State Suffers First Loss Of The Season Against Creighton

📈 BOX SCORE: Michigan State Women’s Basketball vs. Creighton

🔼 Wrapping Things Up. Michigan State volleyball’s 2023 season came to an end over the weekend, dropping a pair of matches at home to Indiana and Purdue.

The Spartans finish the year at 17-14 overall and 9-11 in Big Ten play. The program’s 17 overall wins are the most since 2018, and the nine conference wins are the most since 2017.

📰 MATCH 1: Volleyball Falls To Indiana In Four

📰 MATCH 2: Volleyball Concludes 2023 Campaign Against Purdue

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

Developer Of Talent. How many All-Americans did Jonathan Smith coach during his six seasons at Oregon State?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

💚 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Coach Smith Speaks. Hear it from the man himself — Jonathan Smith knows that Michigan State has everything he needs to compete at the highest level of college football!

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Monday 11/27

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Seven!

And six of those have come since 2021!

💚 Have a great Monday, everyone!