TCU head coach Sonny Dykes says the Horned Frogs will put Pirate stickers on their Fiesta Bowl helmets to honor the late Mississippi State coach Mike Leach.
Coaching the Red Raiders from 2000-09, Leach helped Texas Tech reach previously unknown heights. TCU coach Sonny Dykes worked as an offensive assistant for Leach at Texas Tech.Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersLeach was in his third season as head coach at Mississippi State when he fell ill Sunday at his home in Starkville, Mississippi. He was treated at a local hospital before being airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, about 120 miles away.
News of him falling gravely ill swept through college football the past few days and left many who knew him stunned, During his coaching journey, Leach’s teams were consistent winners at programs where success did not come easy. In 21 seasons as a head coach at Texas Tech, Washington State and Mississippi State, Leach went 158-107. And his quarterbacks put up massive passing statistics, running a relatively simple offense called the Air Raid that he did not invent but certainly mastered.
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