You know you’re getting old when Michigan State football players that you watched during the Mark Dantonio era are being hired as coaches. The Dantonio era producing future coaches isn’t exactly the most surprising thing, but a lot of us probably didn’t expect to see them years deep into their coaching careers already. He’s the most famous former Dantonio era player in the coaching world, but there are others trying to make names for themselves and move up the ranks. One former Dantonio linebacker was just hired by an in-state program. Former Spartan LB Steve Gardiner is headed to GVSUAccording to a press release by Grand Valley, the Lakers are hiring former Spartan linebacker Steve Gardiner as the new special teams coordinator.