Story byChris Solari, Detroit Free PressWed, February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM UTC·3 min readEAST LANSING – While Coen Carr might be known for his dazzling dunks, Tom Izzo has someone else close to him who has become famous for posterizing others. His mom. In the three weeks since the Michigan State basketball coach got captured by TV cameras during a huddle during a win at Oregon telling guard Kur Teng that “you can’t guard my mother,” the legend of Dorothy Izzo has continued to grow. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo with his mom Dorothy Izzo before practice for their NCAA semifinal game against Texas Tech Friday, April 5, 2019 at U. S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. Her grandson, Tom’s son Steven, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, posted a photo to his Instagram of his 99-year grandmother posing in front of a 24-by-36 inch poster of AI-generated, social media images of Dorothy Izzo putting on a scoring clinic. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRaining jumpers.