Saddi Washington

Biography

Michigan State men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo announced the addition of Saddi Washington, a Lansing native and the son of former Spartan great Stan Washington, to his staff as an assistant coach in June 2024. Washington came to the Michigan State program with nearly two decades of coaching experience, including eight years at Michigan. In joining the Spartans, Washington is part of a program just down the road from his childhood home and at the school where both his parents and his young brother attended. Last year, in his first in East Lansing, MSU finished the season with a 30-7 overall record, extended its NCAA Tournament streak to 27-straight appearances, reached the Elite Eight and finished the season ranked No.7 in the country. The Spartans posted a 17-3 record in the Big Ten Conference and won the league’s regular season title by three games, with two players earning all-conference honors. While at Michigan, Washington was responsible for working with the team’s wings and coordinated defensive strategies, helping guide the Wolverines to 176 wins, including a program-record 33 during the 2017-18 season when they closed the season with a national runner-up finish. During his eight-year run at UM, the Wolverines won 10-plus Big Ten games seven times (84-66) and the team won the 2021 regular season title and back-to-back B1G Tournaments (2017-18), made appearances in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, reached the 2018 Final Four and the national title game against