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EAST LANSING, Feb. 19, 2025 ~ Michigan State athletics added to their name, image, and likeness staff Wednesday afternoon, hiring former Detroit Lions Director of Football Compliance Jon Dykema. Dykema will be joining in a newly created position titled Executive Senior Associate AD/Student-Athlete Management and Assistant General Counsel.
In this role, Dykema will be in charge of overseeing NIL contracts, media rights deals, and employee contracts.
Dykema spent 14 years with the Lions before returning home to his alma mater. A native of Grand Rapids, Dykema also served as a student manager with the MSU basketball team under head coach Tom Izzo during their 2000 national championship run.
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(CONTINUED) “With the constant evolution in college athletics and revenue sharing on the horizon, this is an incredibly important hire for Michigan State athletics,” said MSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Alan Haller in an MSU athletics press release. “He will be a great resource to Spartan coaches and administrators as we navigate our new landscape.”
Dykema also has experience in the college landscape, as he spent four seasons (2007-11) as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations at the University of Utah.
With revenue sharing set to debut this upcoming season, Dykema’s hire will help MSU athletics manage all of the changes coming to college athletics.
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