Fired in 2009, football coach Mike Leach still rages at Texas Tech and Texas law

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by Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune

Washington State University football coach Mike Leach was preparing for a game against the University of Colorado two weeks ago when another foe leapt into his mind.

“They are outright crooks at Texas Tech,” the coach declared about 15 minutes into his weekly press conference, referencing the school where he worked before going to Washington State. “Are there crooks there? Yeah. I mean, like, felons. They ought to put them in jail.”

Leach was fired by Texas Tech University nearly eight years ago. But his outburst against his former employer surprised no one. Ever since he left, he has been waging a fight to get more than $2 million he believes Tech owes him from his coaching tenure. He has taken that fight to court, the Texas Capitol and to social media. But so far, state law has left him helpless in the quest to get the money he thinks he’s owed.

He has been stymied by Texas law, which protects the state and its entities from lawsuits — even if the entity violates a contract. So with the legal route blocked, he has turned his focus in recent months to shifting public opinion against Tech and the law that is protecting it.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/01/fired-2009-football-coach-mike-leach-still-rages-texas-tech-and-texas-/

[underpants]

1. Leach is a nut

He forced a player (SMU's Craig James's son) to stand in an equipment locker because he could practice due to a diagnosed concussion. He also had one of his QB's play with a fake last name on his jersey for some sort of weird psychological reason.