Mike Leach, a longtime college football coach with Texas Tech, Washington State and most recently Mississippi State, died Monday night at 61 years old due to complications from a heart condition.
MSU Bulldog family, college football community mourns the death of Coach Mike Leachhttps://t.co/LzWyLyX3xM
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) December 13, 2022
An affable character with a monumental impact on both college and professional football, Leach was an innovator of the Air Raid offense. Since his passing, there has been an outpouring of support from those who knew him and those who appreciated him from afar. A number of Kansas City Chiefs players took to Twitter to pay homage to Leach and pray for his family.