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Report: Mike Leach to be next head coach at Mississippi State

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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One of the most popular coaches in college football is headed to Mississippi State.

Thursday afternoon, Pete Thamel of Yahoo! reported that current Washington State head coach Mike Leach will be named the next head coach at Mississippi State. The news comes just a few days after the Bulldogs parted ways with Joe Moorhead following a 6-7 campaign. Moorhead had just completed his second season in Starkville.

Leach finished his eighth season at Washington State and had tremendous success at a program that has struggled throughout its history. In those eight years, Leach accumulated a 55-47 record with the Cougars, taking his teams to six bowl games.

In 2018, Leach guided Wazzu to an 11-2 record, an Alamo Bowl victory and a spot at No. 10 in the final Associated Press rankings. This season, Washington State finished 6-7.

Prior to his time at Washington State, Leach was the head coach at Texas Tech, where he spent 10 seasons with the program. He piled up an 84-43 record and was 11-2 in 2008, tying for first in the Big 12 that year.

Leach has taken his teams to 16 bowl games in 18 seasons as a head coach.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB