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Michael Charles Leach (March 9, 1961 – December 12, 2022) was an American college football coach who primarily coached at the NCAA Division I FBS level. Nicknamed "The Pirate", he was a two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year and the mastermind behind the NCAA record-setting air raid offense.
Mike Leach QBs regularly led the nation in passing. QBs were leading rushers when his old Texas Tech football, WSU programs met on a special night
Leach is the team's all-time winningest coach but his tenure ended acrimoniously after allegations that he mistreated a player. Texas Tech to induct Mike Leach into school's Hall of Honor Skip to ...
Mike Leach record at Texas Tech Leach was hired as the Red Raiders coach on Dec. 9, 1999, after his success with Oklahoma in the Big 12. Leach led Texas Tech to three nine-win seasons in 2002 ...
James' son Adam was the center of a controversy that resulted in Texas Tech suspending, and later firing, head football coach Mike Leach shortly before the 2010 Alamo Bowl. Leach had allegedly forced Adam to stand in a shed for two hours during practice on two occasions.
On December 30, 2009, Texas Tech fired head coach Mike Leach for allegedly mistreating Adam James, an injured player. [36] Leach's record at Tech stands at 84–43. Following Leach's departure, Defensive Coordinator Ruffin McNeill was named the interim head coach and led the team to a 41–31 victory over the Michigan State Spartans at the 2010 ...
At Texas Tech, visionary football coach Mike Leach revolutionized offense in the Big 12. He died Monday evening at age 61. RIP to coach Mike Leach, perhaps the most influential figure in Big 12 ...
Texas Tech became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded. During his ninth season as head coach, Mike Leach led Texas Tech to the program's first division championship in 2008. After Leach was fired at the end of the 2009 season, Ruffin McNeill was named interim head coach ...