Men's basketball coach Tom Izzo and Jen Smith, MSU’s deputy athletic director, will serve as co-interim athletic directors.

Michigan State is parting ways with athletic director Alan Haller, the school announced Thursday. Men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo and deputy athletic director Jennifer Smith will serve as co-interim athletic directors as the university searches for a permanent replacement.

Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller is out after nearly five years of leading the department. Haller, a former Spartans football player who has worked for MSU athletics since 2010 after more than a decade with the university's police department,