New Michigan State football head coach Pat Fitzgerald has made the latest hire to his program on Saturday. Jacob Schmidt has been tabbed as the program’s new Chief of Staff.
Schmidt worked with Fitzgerald in Evanston at Northwestern as a director of football operations for over a decade. Since David Braun took over the program, he has shifted into more of a leader in Northwestern’s NIL space.
The hiring of Schmidt will be replacing Dan Van De Riet, who served as the Chief of Staff under Jonathan Smith for the past two years.
A fun note, Schmidt also made an impact on the football field in his time at Northwestern, going from walk-on to starting running back in his career, going for over 1,300 all purpose yards in his career.
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