Leach attended Boston University (1995–1997) and The College of William & Mary (1998–2000). At The College of William and Mary, during his junior season, his 58 receptions as a tight end were the second-most at the position in school history (to Glenn Bodnar's 69 catches in 1984) and his punting average set a single-season school record of 44.4 yards. The performance earned him Associated Press second-team All-America and second-team All-Atlantic 10 honors that season. He also earned first-team Walter Camp All-American honors at tight end as a senior.
Born to Frank and Sandra Leach in Susanville, California, Mike Leach claims Cody, Wyoming, as his hometown. He graduated from Cody High School before studying at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he closely followed the exploits of the BYU Cougars football team. The Cougars, guided by head coach LaVell Edwards and offensive coordinator Norm Chow, played a pass-oriented offense. Leach graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in American studies.
"Distributing the ball to all the different skill players is our biggest emphasis. We're not a team that hands it to one guy and throws it to two. We want all five skill positions to touch the ball."
"For whatever reason, screens tend to gas a defense more than the offense. And if they're going to blitz, it helps keep them honest so you can run your other stuff."
"We'll have to wake up at 5:45 [a.m.], but it's not necessarily a concern. You play when you play."
"He touches the ball more than anybody else."
"I think there's more of an attachment to this state."
"It didn't look very good when it left his foot. I had high hopes for it not being good at that point. Did he make it?"
"This game is going to be affected by all sides of the ball. Special teams will have a big impact on this game, and their offense and our defense will be big impacts on the game."
"I don't see a lot of weaknesses in the Alabama defense. They run just a basic good, old-fashioned defense, which they execute it real well. I think the strength of that team is the fact they don't have a lot of weaknesses."
"They're a good team and they created a lot of our problems. I thought we missed some opportunities where we could have played a little sharper earlier in the game, especially the first half."
"It's not just a bowl that your players have heard about for a long, long time, but their parents and their grandparents have. There isn't anyplace in America that's insulated from the Cotton Bowl and its tradition."
The future team captain walked on to the late coach MikeLeach’s Cougs in 2019, earned a scholarship in 2021 and made his first start in the 2022 LA Bowl after the starters had transferred ahead of the game ... .
The future team captain walked on to the late coach MikeLeach’s Cougs in 2019, earned a scholarship in 2021 and made his first start in the 2022 LA Bowl after the starters had transferred ahead of the game ... .
But they do have some familiarity with one another ... “It’s really cool,” Aranda said ... How my family was treated, just all of it.” ... Credit ... He started his career with the late coach MikeLeach at Mississippi State before transferring to Baylor last season.
1 ... What’s right ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... An upper-half finish would signal encouraging progress under Mike Rhoades ... Brooks Barnhizer, Nick Martinelli and Jaden Leach are completely underrated as a trio ... When the going has gotten tough, Mike Woodson’s team has disappeared.
••••••• ... That tension led to then-football coach MikeLeach agreeing to become Tennessee’s coach in November of 2017, a deal that fell apart when the Vols’ fired their athletic director. And then Leach departing for Mississippi State in 2020 ... •••. WSU.
The football coaches are going to leave. If that is not clear to you yet, it may never be. The football coaches are going to leave. If you ask them about it, they will lie. So, stop asking unless you want to be lied to. Mike Price left. So did Mike Leach... .
It wasn’t long ago that the late MikeLeach said there should be two academic tracks for student athletes, and players would have to declare when they enroll ... They scoffed at Leach in those big ...
Not sure this is really the blow some Cougs fans might think it is ... 1 ... Mike Price went 10-2 in 2001, then took the Cougs to the Rose Bowl in 2002 ... Mike Leach Leach had three nine-win seasons, including one of the 11-win variety in 2018 ... Wake Forest ... 2 ... 27.
Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times... He can be replaced by someone a whole lot better ... 1 ... Mike Price went 10-2 in 2001, then took the Cougs to the Rose Bowl in 2002 ... Mike Leach Leach had three nine-win seasons, including one of the 11-win variety in 2018 ... 2 ... .
After recent stops with Mississippi State and Ole Miss football, Zach Arnett is on the move ... He was promoted to the MSU coach job for the 2023 season when MikeLeach died but was fired with two games left in 2023.
We don’t blame Dickert for his departure ...Jeff Choate. The former WSU assistant coach (under MikeLeach) just finished his first season in charge at Nevada ... Dana Holgorsen. The Leach disciple spent 13 years in charge at West Virginia and Houston ... .
