New Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley is just the latest head coach to rise to the top of his profession after spending time in his career under Mike Leach. From Sonny Dykes to Dana Holgorsen to Art Briles, the Mike Leach coaching tree reads like a who’s who of coaches in college football.
Leach took over as the head man at Texas Tech in 2000, where he brought the groundbreaking air raid offense that he had adapted from Hal Mumme. But the offense wasn’t the only thing that separated Leach from others in his same position.
Oklahoman writer Berry Tramel took a look back at the early days of the Mike Leach tenure at Tech.