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Who is Jo-Ellyn Tucker, Mel Tucker’s wife?

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Matthew Wilson

Updated on January 13, 2026

Melvin Gene Tucker II aka Mel Tucker is best known as an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Michigan State University, a position he has held since 2020. Previously, Tucker served as the head football coach at Colorado for the 2019 season.

Mel Tucker became one of the highest-paid coaches in college football history, receiving a guaranteed 10-year, $95 million contract from Michigan State, the third-largest contract ever given to a football coach at a public university in November 2021.

Who is Jo-Ellyn Tucker, Mel Tucker’s wife?

Jo-Ellyn Tucker is the wife of Mel Tucker and mother to Mel’s two children. Details about the time at which the two got married were unknown but it is believed, they got married in front of their families and friends and they were blessed with two children, Joseph Tucker, and Christian Tucker. According to sources, Jo-Ellyn Tucker is a lawyer who graduated from Rutgers Law School.

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