EAST LANSING, Mich. — Former Michigan State football coach and Board of Trustees member George Perles has died, sources confirmed to Fox 47.
He was the head football coach at MSU from 1983 - 1994, and won two Big Ten Championships in '87 and '90. He also led the Spartans to their first Rose Bowl appearance in 1988.
MSU beat the USC Trojans 20-17 in that game.
He was born in July of 1934 and died at age 85.
Perles, an MSU alum, also served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to November 2018. He left the board due to health reasons.
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