Who Does Texas Tech Hire After Leach?

Posted by Tobi Writes on December-31-2009 Add Comments

Last fall Mike Leach was the toast of college football, taking the Red Raiders to an 11-1 record.  Only a late season loss to eventual national title game loser Oklahoma, kept Tech out of the national title game.

The administration at Tech appeared eager to resign Leach, offering five years at over $12 million. 

It wasn't always that way. Reportedly negotiations with Leach opened on a rocky note in the spring.

Leach's agent made contact with AD Gerald Myers in April of 2008 and had tried to negotiate a raise. Myers flatly stated to Leach and his agent via an email that "We have reached the limits of what we can pay our coach and still maintain the rest of the department. If better opportunities occur for him som...

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