Late college football coach Mike Leach died in December at the age of 61. Mississippi State played its first home game since his death Saturday.
are playing their first game since the sudden death of head coach Mike Leach.He had just wrapped up his third season coaching the program. University President Mark Keenum and athletic director Zac Selmon presented Leach's family with a framed jersey with the No.
21 and a signed executive order that all flags on state buildings and grounds would fly at half-staff for a day in his honor. Mike Leach, head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs, against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field Oct. 15, 2022, in Lexington, Ky.Leach died of complications from a heart condition as the team was gearing up for the ReliaQuest Bowl against Illinois. The Bulldogs won that game, 19-10. "Coach Mike Leach cast a tremendous shadow not just over Mississippi State University, but over the entire college football landscape," Keenum said in a statement at the time of Leach's passing. "His innovative 'Air Raid’ offense changed the game. Mike's keen intellect and unvarnished candor made him one of the nation's true coaching legends. His passing brings great sadness to our university, to the Southeastern Conference and to all who loved college football. I will miss Mike's profound curiosity, his honesty and his wide open approach to pursuing excellence in all things. "Mike's death also underscores the fragility and uncertainty of our lives," Keenum added."Three weeks ago, Mike and I were together in the locker room celebrating a hard-fought victory in Oxford. Mike Leach truly embraced life and lived in such a manner as to leave no regrets. That's a worthy legacy. May God bless the Leach family during these days and hours. The prayers of the Bulldog family go with them." Head coach Mike Leach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs arrives at the stadium before a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Nov. 6, 2021, in Fayetteville, Ark. Leach got his collegiate head coaching start at Texas Tech in 2000 after serving as an assistant under Bob Stoops at1990s. He was also an assistant under Hal Mumme at Iowa Wesleyan University and moved to Valdosta State and later Kentucky. He also spent time in the American Football Association of Finland as a head coach. He got his first head coaching gig in 2000 with Texas A&M. He stayed there until 2009 and did not return to coaching until he took the Washington State job in 2012. There, he put together an offense that saw quarterbacks Gardner Minshew and Anthony Gordon rack up more than 4,000 passing yards a season.and led them to an 11-win season in 2018. He was 55-47 with the Cougars and 2-4 in bowl games. Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Mike Leach against the LSU Tigers during the first half at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Sept. 17, 2022.
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