Mike Leach, Mississippi State Football Coach, Dies at 61

Dec 13 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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Mississippi State’s head football coach Mike Leach died Monday night after suffering complications from a heart condition, the school announced Tuesday. He was 61.

Leach had what the university initially described as a “personal health issue” at his home in Starkville on Sunday, after which he was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, where he died on Monday.

“Mike was a giving and attentive husband, father and grandfather,” his family...

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