He remained in East Lansing until 2000 when he was hired as the defensive coordinator for the Buckeyes. Dantonio held that role until 2003, when he briefly coached for two seasons as the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. Following his success with the Bearcats, the Spartans made Dantonio their head coach in 2007, a position which he holds well into the 2014 season. Dantonio has amassed a 91-48 overall record as a head coach, and, prior to the 2014 postseason, a 4-4 bowl game record. To date, he has won two Big Ten championships in 2010 and 2013 and is a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year award winner in both of those seasons as well. Dantonio has two children with his wife, Becky, to whom he has been married since 1990.