Tragic news out of Starkville.
Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach died Monday night, one day after being hospitalized following a heart attack. Leach was 61 years old.
MSU Bulldog family, college football community mourns the death of Coach Mike Leachhttps://t.co/LzWyLyX3xM
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) December 13, 2022
Leach was finishing his third season with the Bulldogs after stints at Texas Tech and Washington State.
Illinois is set to face Mississippi State in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa on Jan. 2.
According to the Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, Leach had a massive heart attack on Sunday in Starkville and was transferred to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.