Mississippi State has found its new head coach.
The always-entertaining Mike Leach will become the next head coach at Mississippi State after Joe Moorhead was recently fired after two seasons in Starkville.
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Leach will bring his air-raid offense to Mississippi State after spending the previous 8 seasons as the head coach at Washington State. In 2019, the Cougars had the 11th-ranked scoring offense in college football while the Bulldogs were ranked 74th.
SportsTalk Mississippi’s MSU Beat Reporter Brian Hadad shared his thoughts on the hire and how Leach’s scheme will be a departure from Mississippi State offenses of the past.
“Leach will be an interesting choice for Mississippi State, a team that has had a reputation for decades as a power running offense. This represents a paradigm shift from those philosophies, and raises an interesting question. Mississippi State was one of the worst passing teams in the SEC in 2019, and all three quarterbacks on campus were recruited to run either Dan Mullen’s or Joe Moorhead’s scheme which leaned on the quarterback run. Recruiting will be key for Leach, as he’ll have to find the kind of players that fit into his system,” he said.
Prior to his time at WSU, Leach was the head coach at Texas Tech from 2000-09. He was fired after officials ruled that Leach had violated a medical procedure by placing a player, who had suffered a concussion, in an electrical closet.
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