Lupe Marinez Izzo is a wife of an American basketball coach Tom Izzo, who has been the head coach at Michigan State University since 1995. The couple tied the knot in 1992, share a daughter, and have an adopted son.
A native of Texas, Tom Izzo's spouse, was raised in East Lansing, Michigan, where the duo met. Like many WAGs, Mrs. Izzo is involved in charity and donated $1 million to Michigan State University.
Reportedly, Lupe is involved in a business venture in Haslett, Michigan. Lupe Marinez Izzo has an estimated net worth of $100,000 and her husband, Tom Izzo has an estimated net worth of $15 Million. Further, her husband's salary as of 2022 is $4.4 million. In early 20222, Izzo signed a new five-year rolling contract that pays him approximately $6.2 million in total compensation per year.
Izzo’s compensation includes a $2.43 million base salary and $3.09 million in supplemental compensation, plus $400,000 from Nike. Currently, the couple resides in an 8,044 sq ft home in East Lansing, Michigan (MI), which they purchased in 2007 for $2,025,000. Izzo’s new contract comes less than a year after Mel Tucker signed a 10-year, $95 million contract.
Lupe Marinez Izzo and Tom Izzo have shared twenty-five years as a married couple, but everyone is curious to know how it started. The couple grew up in the same place, i.e., East Lansing but did not meet each other until Izzo's sister introduced them.
On their first date, Tom invited Lupe to a Michigan State game. After some years of dating, the pair decided to take their relationship to a new level and exchanged vows in 1992 at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish.
Who Are The Children Of Michigan State Basketball Coach, Tom Izzo?- Izzo Adopted A Boy, Steven Izzo
In 1994, the couple welcomed their first daughter named Raquel. A couple of years later, Lupe and Tom adopted their son Steven who is six years younger than their daughter.
Iron Mountain, Michigan native Tom Izzo was born on January 30, 1955. He is of Italian and Finnish Descent. Upon high school graduation, Tom enrolled at Northern Michigan University, where Izzo played guard for the men's basketball team from 1973 to 1977. However, rather than pursuing a career as a player, he was interested in coach, so he joined Ishpeming HS as a coach.
From 1979 to 1983, he served as an assistant coach at Northern Michigan. Further, he joined Michigan State as an assistant, and later in 1995, he became head coach. Tom made his breakthrough in 1998 when He won the AP College Coach of the Year. Izzo led the team to NCAA Division I Tournament Championship in 2000. The coach has led the team to eight NCAA Regional-Final Four.
Tom earned the NABC Coach of the Year Award in 2001 and 2012. In March 2022, Izzo surpassed Bob Knight for the most wins by a men's basketball coach at a Big Ten school with 663. Izzo is currently the longest-tenured coach in the Big Ten Conference.