MSU was the only school to finish in the top-six of the national polls from 2013-15 (No. He has three siblings; Frank, John, and Mike Dantonio. He became the first head coach in 23 years to lead the school to a winning season in his first season at UC. Currently, they have a happy and blissful life without rumors of divorce or separation.Mark Dantonio is an American college football coach and former player who earns the sum of a good amount of money and salary from his profession in the field of the sports industry. Mark was the second of four boys. Similarly, He is American by nationality and belongs to White ethnicity. The Dantonio won his first game at Michigan State on September 1, 2007, when the Spartans defeated the On September 19, 2010, just hours after a stunning fake field goal touchdown pass gave MSU a 34–31 overtime victory over On September 30, after Dantonio had stated that he would be coaching the next game from the press box and just two days before Michigan State played The Spartans under Dantonio continued to win and on November 20 reached 10–1 on the season, winning all home games for the first time during his tenure. The Spartans defeated the fifth-ranked In 2014, the Spartans finished the regular season 10–2, finishing second in the East division with a 7–1 record and ranked #8 in the nation.The 2015 season included an unlikely 17–14 road win against then-#2 Ohio State, in which the Spartans played without starting quarterback In 2016, the Spartans had their worst season under Dantonio, going 1–8 in Big Ten play and finishing the season at 3–9, the program's worst overall record in more than 30 years.The 2017 season featured upset wins over then-#7 Penn State at home and then-#7 Michigan on the road. On December 7, 2013, Michigan State, ranked #10 at the time of the game, defeated second-ranked Ohio State 34–24 in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis. Michigan State football is the subject of yet another lawsuit, with a former staffer alleging Mark Dantonio directed videotaping of opponent's practice's. They finished the regular season at #16 in the CFP rankings and second in the B1G East Division (7–2). "Ryan, Gunnell help BC extend bowl winning streak to eight". The couple have two daughters, Kristen and Lauren.Associated Press. In 2006, Dantonio was hired as the Spartans head coach, returning to the school where he served six years as an assistant coach under On September 21, 2019, with his 110th victory, Dantonio became the winningest head coach in MSU football surpassing Duffy Daugherty.On February 4, 2020, Dantonio announced he would be retiring as the head coach of the Michigan State football team.At Ohio State in 2001, Dantonio reunited with his former Dantonio was named head coach at Cincinnati on December 23, 2003. Dantonio was formally introduced at a noon press conference on Monday, Nov. 27, in … Mark Dantonio was born in El Paso, Texas, to Justin Dantonio and Maryan Dantonio. However, in their third game they fell 10–7 at home to After defeating Indiana to improve to 4–1, the Spartans' season took a major downturn, losing five games to Ohio State (34–10), Wisconsin (38–0), Penn State (28–7) Illinois (37–34) and Michigan (44–10) consecutively. As per online sites, his estimated net worth said to be $14 million and his salary is $5.6 million at Being a football coach for over a decade, Mark has an athletic body with grey hair and brown eyes. "Dantonio presides over first spring game as Michigan State coach". Michigan State was ranked #4 in the final BCS standings, its highest rank since the BCS's inception. Associated Press. Mark is of Italian descent. Often confused with Mike D'Antoni, all Spartans coach Mark Dantonio has done is win two of the past three Big Ten championships while averaging 11 victories over the past six seasons.