This weekend Mike Leach returns to Lexington as a coach for the first time since Hal Mumme’s former Kentucky offensive coordinator departed to call plays for Bob Stoops at Oklahoma. Now the Mississippi State head coach, Leach has fond memories of his two years in Lexington.
“It’s a great place. I have a lot of friends there. It’s just a gorgeous city, Lexington is, and a great setting for a football game,” he said Monday afternoon. “Now, I’m looking forward to going back to Kentucky. In football, you know, you get asked the memory lane question quite a bit.