Suzy Merchant

TRAVERSE CITY — Michigan State women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant visited Traverse City on Thursday, speaking at the Behind the Sports Mic Night held by the Great Lakes Sports Commission. Merchant held a question and answer session at Park Place Hotel for those attending. She was a...

With the second half of the Big Ten men's basketball season upon us, teams in the league are starting to separate themselves.

Michigan State women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant, fresh out of what she calls "COVID jail," was in a singing and dancing mood at practice Friday. Merchant, with the soundtrack blaring over the Breslin Center's sound system, belted out a few lines of Meat Loaf's 1993 chart-topping single, "I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)," in honor of the legendary singer, who died from COVID-19 complications Thursday night. He was 74.

It was Saturday morning when Michigan State women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant found out she tested positive for COVID-19. It was then announced Sunday that Merchant would be unavailable for the home game against Northwestern.

MSU women’s basketball Head Coach Suzy Merchant will not be able to coach for the Spartans in today’s game against Northwestern due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols according to a statement made via social media from the team. Merchant will also not be available for their game...

Michigan State women's basketball earned a much needed Big Ten win by defeating the Northwestern Wildcats 65-46. The Spartans looked to avoid their third straight Big Ten loss while also without Head Coach Suzy Merchant, who was out due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Taking her place was Associate...

The Michigan State women's basketball team will be without coach Suzy Merchant when it takes the court this afternoon against Northwestern. The program released a statement just after noon that Merchant would be unavailable for the contest due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Merchant will also miss Wednesday's scheduled...

Here's how Suzy Merchant's head coaching career began: With a profanity-laced phone call to Greg Kampe. "Why did you tell me I could be a head coach!?!" Merchant fumed. It was Friday, Nov. 17, 1995, and Merchant's Saginaw Valley State team had just lost to Aquinas, which didn't even offer scholarships. Merchant felt completely of her league. She had messed up a sideline out-of-bounds play. She had messed up a substitution. And she was 0-1.

EAST LANSING — The NCAA's decision to put its women's basketball tournament on equal footing with the men at 68 teams last week was something Michigan State women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant was pleased to see. Her players also were happy to see four more teams added for the Big...

Her overall record at MSU stands at 300-157, second only to Karen Langeland who had a 376-290 record during her 24 seasons as head coach. Merchant, a Michigan native, is grateful and appreciative for the opportunity to be a Spartan, mentioning that she wanted to be one since high school and that both of her brothers attended MSU.

Michigan State head women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant has reached a new impressive milestone. On Friday afternoon, she registered her 300th career victory as the leader of the Spartans. Friday’s victory came in impressive fashion, with the Spartans posting a 100-60 win over Bryant. Michigan State improved to 4-0 and...

The Michigan State Spartans women’t basketball team moved to 4-0 on the season this afternoon, concluding a four-game homestand against Bryant in style. Michigan State’s 100-60 victory over the Bulldogs also marked head coach Suzy Merchant’s 300th career win at the helm in East Lansing, after she hit her 500th career win overall as a head coach on Tuesday night. It also marks the fourth time in the past five seasons MSU has opened the season 4-0, and seven out of the last 10 seasons.

It's one milestone after another for Michigan State women's basketball (4-0) Head Coach Suzy Merchant. On Tuesday, she reached her 500th career win, and today, she reached her 300th win in the green and white after her Spartans fenced in the Bryant Bulldogs (0-4) in a 100-60 victory. "I just...

EAST LANSING — Suzy Merchant hasn't been one to keep track of wins over the years. The focus for the veteran Michigan State women's basketball coach has always been on moving forward and finding a way to win the next one. ...

Michigan State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Suzy Merchant secured her 500th career win on Tuesday with a 73-62 win over Valparaiso. She currently sits at 299 wins at MSU, just one away from becoming just the second coach in school history to reach 300. After the victory Merchant was joined...

Michigan State women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant collected her 500th career win as a head coach, as the Spartans beat Valparaiso, 73-62, on Tuesday night at Breslin Center. Merchant, who started her career at Saginaw Valley State before moving on to Eastern Michigan, is 500-277 overall, 299-157 at Michigan State....

Michigan state basketball coach Suzy Merchant took her 500th career win as head coach when the Spartans beat Valparaiso (73:62) at the Breslin Center on Tuesday night. The saleswoman, who began her career in Saginaw Valley State before moving to Eastern Michigan, is 500-277 years old, 299-157 in Michigan State. This is the 15th season for the Spartans.

Nia Clouden nearly had a triple-double while helping the Michigan State women's basketball team help its leader reach a milestone. Clouden had 15 of her team-high 18 points in the second half and added nine rebounds and seven assists to help the Spartans to a 73-62 victory over Valparaiso on Tuesday night at Breslin Center. ...

Michigan State Women's Basketball (3-0) Head Coach Suzy Merchant collected her 500th career victory tonight after her Spartan ladies flipped the switch on the Valparaiso Beacons (0-3) in a 73-62 victory. "I'm blessed that all 500 of (these wins) came from the state of Michigan," Merchant said, reminiscing on her...