Tweet Gets Leach In Trouble

Will Mike Leach coach a down of Mississippi State football? His position may not be in jeopardy, but a twitter post that Leach has since deleted and apologized for, depicting a quarte tined quarantined  woman knitting a noose  seems to have gotten him in big trouble.
You may remember that another very successful Washington State Coach Mike Price, left to go to Alabama, a legendary college football program.  A golf outing that turned into a strip club visit and sky high room service charges lost him the position before he could even start.
Mike Leach and Mike Price have been probably two of the most successful coaches in the Cougar program and yet, have found out that what happens in Pullman, may be best, kept in Pullman.  
But let's not forget,  Dennis Erickson left WSU and enjoyed a very successful run at Miami.

WSU Extends Leach

It appears that WSU Football Coach Mike Leach is staying in Pullman after the school announced that his present contract was extended until 2024.  The move comes amongst rumors he would consider offers from schools such as Arkansas and Mississippi.  
The move was generally well received amongst the WSU community.  Rarely far from controversy, Leach had made news last weekend by an angry response to a Spokane reporter during a news conference.
This year Leach led the team to a school record 5th consecutive post season bowl game.

Cougars Featured On HBO

WSU is one of four schools featured on the HBO series 24/7.  The show, I guess, is based on Hard Knocks, which is an in depth look at NFL teams.
The WSU episode features  Coach Mike Leach who is shown walking from his house to his office on the campus.   It shows the day by day practices, the coaches philosophy and sits in on the players goofing around.  Specifically, starting quarterback Anthony Gordon.  
Miked up (no pun intended)  football practices are not new to TV,  but this show does a sequential day by day look at each practice, making it indeed unique.
Leach is a natural for this type of program because of his successful but quirky nature.
Also featured is Glenn Johnson, who is the football stadium announcer as well as Pullman's mayor.  He is no doubt, the most visible Pullman resident.  He could be called the "face of the city", however, "voice of the city" would be more accurate.  Johnson says that he has been mayor since 2004 and has not had opposition, quite remarkable when you consider the myriad of different ideas and viewpoints which come together on a college campus.   It is safe to say that Johnson, my old communications professor, known to Glenn by his students can be called a WSU legend.
More info on the program can be found here.

WSU Extends Mike Leach

WSU will extend the contract of Cougar Football Coach Mike Leach by 5 years.   Leach's salary will increase up to 4 million and the salary pool will increase for the Cougar assistant coaches by 400,000 dollars.  After a very successful season, Leach had been rumored to be a prime consideration for other positions including the University Of Tennessee.