Mississippi State coach Mike Leach hospitalized in Jackson.

[Greenbacks]

Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a "personal health issue" at home earlier in the day, the university said in a news release.
Leach, according to the release, was transported by ambulance to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after having the issue at home. The university said it would have no further comment at this time other than to say that the "thoughts and prayers of the university are with Mike and [wife] Sharon and their family."
Leach, in his third season as Mississippi State's coach, told ESPN after the regular season concluded that he struggled with pneumonia during the season but that he was feeling better.
Mississippi State president Mark Keenum and athletic director Bracky Brett decided to place defensive coordinator Zach Arnett in charge of the football program until Leach returns. Practice for the ReliaQuest Bowl on Jan. 2 against Illinois has already begun. Leach was at practice Saturday before suffering his health issue on Sunday.
Leach, 61, is in his third head-coaching stint. He was at Texas Tech from 2000 to '09 and Washington State from 2012 to '19. He was the AFCA national coach of the year in 2018 at Washington State.

 

[devocr]

"Sports Illustrated reporter Ross Delenger reported that Mike Leach was in critical condition."

I wonder if he as all 4 jabs..

 

[rwjr]

Hope he's going to be o.k

 

[pathologist]

Any updates Greenbacks

 

[Greenbacks]

Mississippi State coach Mike Leach remains hospitalized and in critical condition, the university said in a statement Monday morning. Leach suffered what was called Sunday a "personal health issue" that occurred at home.
According to a report by the Clarion Ledger, Leach had a massive heart attack.
Leach, who is in his third season as Bulldogs head football coach, was at practice with the team Saturday as Mississippi State prepares to play Illinois on Jan. 2 in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
With Leach hospitalized, defensive coordinator Zach Arnett has been put in charge of the football program.
Leach, 61, is in his third head-coaching stint. He was at Texas Tech from 2000 to '09 and Washington State from 2012 to '19. He was the AFCA national Coach of the Year in 2018.

 

[Greenbacks]

Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach died Monday night after complications related to a heart condition, the school announced. He was 61.
Leach suffered what the university initially described, in a news release, as a "personal health issue" at his home in Starkville on Sunday, which required him to be airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, about 125 miles from Mississippi State.
Leach, in his third season as Mississippi State's coach, had told ESPN after the regular season concluded that he struggled with pneumonia during the season but was feeling better.
Leach was in his third head-coaching stint, with a 19-17 record for the Bulldogs, 8-4 this season. He was at Texas Tech from 2000 to '09 and Washington State from 2012 to '19. He was the AFCA national coach of the year in 2018 at Washington State.
Known for his prolific Air Raid offenses, Leach was 158-107 in his 21 seasons as a head coach. He was also known for his quirky personality, dry wit and penchant for talking about history, business and politics (and, really, just about anything else) as comfortably as he did quarterbacks making the right reads and receivers running the right routes.
Nicknamed the "Pirate," Leach had an affinity for pirates and even had a life-sized statue of a singing pirate in his office when he was at Washington State. It was a gift from Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Knight, who was the basketball coach at Texas Tech when Leach was in Lubbock as football coach.
Never one to shy away from opining on any subject, Leach once quipped, "I miss streakers," after a fan ran onto the field and dropped his pants following a touchdown in Washington State's 24-21 win over Stanford in 2017. And after Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016, Leach congratulated Trump via text and offered to be Trump's "Secretary of Offense."
Leach had countless interests. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to travel, especially to his favorite spot in Key West, Florida. He graduated in the upper 25% of his class with a law degree from Pepperdine University and coauthored a book on Geronimo and the Apache leader's approach to leadership. After growing up mostly in Cody, Wyoming, Leach earned his undergraduate degree from BYU, where he played rugby. He didn't play football in college but closely studied Hall of Fame BYU coach LaVell Edwards and his offense.
After receiving his law degree in 1986, Leach began his football coaching career at Cal Poly in 1987, then joined Hal Mumme's staff at Iowa Wesleyan in 1989. Mumme, the creator of the Air Raid offense that made Leach a superstar in coaching, said Leach deserved a lot of credit for turning the scheme into a brand name. Leach worked for Mumme as offensive line coach at Iowa Wesleyan and also served as a de facto publicist, sending out news releases to national newspapers about the team's high-flying exploits.
"When you say, 'Air Raid,' he was the guy who came up with the name," Mumme told ESPN in a recent interview. "He came up with the name so that we would be able to publicize it, and it's probably fitting since he's been the guy who took it the furthest."
Leach followed Mumme to Valdosta State and Kentucky, where quarterback Tim Couch blossomed and became the No. 1 overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft. Leach spent the 1999 season as Oklahoma's offensive coordinator, dramatically improving the Sooners' offense under coach Bob Stoops, before landing his first head-coaching job at Texas Tech in 2000.
Leach developed record-setting offenses at Texas Tech and quarterbacks such as Kliff Kingsbury and Graham Harrell. The Red Raiders went 11-2 in 2008 and finished in the AP Top 25 in five of Leach's final six seasons as coach.
He coached 10 seasons at Texas Tech before being fired on Dec. 30, 2009. A former player, Adam James, accused Leach of mistreating him after he suffered a concussion. Leach was suspended on Dec. 28, 2009, and then fired for what the university termed a "defiant act of insubordination." He sued the university for wrongful termination, and he lost a bid for monetary damages because of a legal technicality but has continued to battle to get records pertaining to his dismissal.
Washington State had suffered through eight straight non-winning seasons when Leach arrived on the Palouse in 2012. But he led the Cougars to a bowl game in his second season and, from 2015-18, won at least eight games every season, including 11 in 2018.

 

[Greenbacks]

RIP

 

[rwjr]

WOW ....
I watched him on tv this year during the EGG ? BOWL & watched the after game interview ....... He seemed like a nice guy , a good coach & all that

Was hoping he was gonna be o.k


BullDog Nation is in Mourning right now ?

 

[Greenbacks]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1602676510254682113

 

[Greenbacks]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1602673796166590466

 

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[Bozzie]

RIP

 

[peanuts]

Awful news. RIP Coach Leach.

 

[REDEYE]

Leach will be missed. RIP

 

[Knightrofins]

RIP pirate