Texas Tech inducting Leach into hall of honor

• Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 02:51 PM ET

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  Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com given that 2010. He formerly operated at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.Texas Tech

will acknowledge Mike Leach, the winningest coach in Red Raiders history, with an area in its hall of honor, the school announced Wednesday.Leach, who died Dec. 12

from problems related to a heart condition, is taken part the class by Kliff Kingsbury, his previous quarterback who went on to coach the Red Raiders.The class will be honored in a ceremony Sept. 29 and on the

field Sept. 30 when Houston dips into Texas Tech.Leach and his Air Raid offense got here in Lubbock in 2000, and the Red Raiders instantly became one of the most amusing groups in the country. Leach went 84-43 at Texas Tech with 10 straight bowl looks and won 11 games in 2008, including an upset of No. 1 Texas.Leach’s impact changed the face of the Huge 12, assisting turn it into a wide-open offending league. 3 of his former assistants are current coaches in the conference– Dave Aranda at Baylor, Sonny Dykes at TCU and Dana Holgorsen at Houston– while Lincoln Riley coached at Oklahoma prior to leaving for USC.In 2009, Leach was fired by Texas Tech following accusations that he mistreated wide receiver Adam James by making him stand in a dark shed

due to the fact that he thought he was faking concussion symptoms.Leach and Texas Tech never fixed up, with him mounting a legal campaign to recuperate $2.5 million he said the school owed him. The case is continuous as part of a public records claim to get the school to produce information.Leach will be inducted into the school’s hall of honor, for non-athletes, while Kingsbury will heading the school’s athletic hall of popularity class.Kingsbury, who arrived at Texas Tech under Spike Dykes, ended up being Leach’s very first quarterback in Lubbock.

He set 17 FBS records, 16 Huge 12 marks and 39 school records while tossing for more than 12,000 yards. Kingsbury, the previous Arizona Cardinals coach, is presently an expert for Riley at USC.