In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Leach was an undergraduate student at Brigham Young and thus a big fan of BYU's top defensive player, Whittingham.
PULLMAN – In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mike Leach was an undergraduate student at Brigham Young, a devout follower of LaVell Edwards’ football team and thus a big fan of the Cougars’ top defensive player.
To this day, in fact, the Washington State coach has mad respect for Kyle Whittingham.
“He’s a good guy, sharp guy, knows about defense and does a good job,” Leach said of the Utah coach, who will be in Pullman this week as the Utes (2-1 overall, 0-1 Pac-12) play WSU (3-1, 0-1) at 3 p.