In case you weren’t already aware, Michigan State tennis has become a bit of a powerhouse program in the Big Ten over the last few years. A lot of that was due to the efforts of star players like Ozan Baris, but a lot of the credit also needs to be given to head coach Harry Jadun, a former MSU tennis standout in his own right who took over the program at 28 years old and just led the Spartans to a Big Ten title in what will be his final season as head coach.
In a fantastic interview with Spartans Illustrated’s David Harns, which is free to read and something I’d urge our readers to check out, Jadun gave some extraordinary, insightful answers about his career at MSU, this past season, and his decision to leave the profession after such a successful season. Perhaps most interesting in the interview were his candid comments about former Michigan State athletic director J Batt, who left MSU this summer for Kentucky after a very short two-year stint.
As someone who is no longer working for the university, Jadun gave some comments about Batt that were likely more candid than we should expect to hear from other names still around the university, and it was extremely refreshing.
“He never was a Spartan,” Jadun said in the interview. “Coach Izzo says, ‘Do right by people.’ Coach Izzo and Coach Dantonio embody what it means to be a Spartan. Batt was not.”
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