AchievementsEdit
KentuckyEdit
Texas TechEdit
- 10 consecutive winning seasons
- 8 consecutive seasons with at least 8 wins
- 4 seasons with at least 9 wins[80]
- 1 season with 11 wins
- 9 consecutive bowl appearances[81]
- 5 bowl wins (most by any individual coach in the history of the program)[81]
- 4 seasons completed with team ranked in the Top 25[82]
- 19–11 record against in-state conference rivals Baylor, Texas, and Texas A&M
- 53–11 record at Jones AT&T Stadium, home of the Texas Tech Red Raider football team
- 2008 AP Big 12 Coach of the Year[28]
- 2008 Big 12 Coach of the Year[29]
- Coached 1 Fred Biletnikoff Award (Best Wide Receiver) winner: Michael Crabtree (two-time winner)
- Coached 1 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Best Senior Quarterback) winner: Graham Harrell
- Coached 1 Mosi Tatupu Award (Best Kick Returner) winner: Wes Welker
- Coached 3 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Outstanding Quarterback) winners: Kliff Kingsbury, B.J. Symons, and Graham Harrell
- More than 150 NCAA, Big 12 and school records broken as Texas Tech's head coach[4]
- All-time winningest football coach in Texas Tech history[83]
Coaching treeEdit
Although he did not play college football, Leach played wide receiver under John McDougall the long time coach at Cody High School in Cody, Wyoming, Under Coach MacDougall, Cody played in two top division state championships while Leach was a student, winning one in 1976 in triple overtime against legendary coach John Deti's Laramie Plainsmen.
Head coaches under whom Mike Leach served:
- Lyle Setencich: Cal Poly (1987)
- Hal Mumme: Iowa Wesleyan University (1989–1991), Valdosta State (1992–1996), Kentucky (1997–1998)
- Bob Stoops: Oklahoma (1999)
- Art Briles: Houston Cougars (2003–2007), Baylor Bears (2008–2015)
- Jeff Choate: Montana State Bobcats (2016–present)
- Sonny Dykes: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2010–2012), California Golden Bears (2013–2016), SMU Mustangs (2018–present)
- Greg McMackin: Hawaii Warriors (2008–2011)
- Ruffin McNeill: East Carolina Pirates (2010–2015)
- Dana Holgorsen: West Virginia Mountaineers (2011–present)
- Seth Littrell: North Texas Mean Green (2016–present)
- Lincoln Riley: Oklahoma Sooners (2017–present)
- Kliff Kingsbury: Texas Tech (2013–2018)
- Neal Brown: Troy Trojans (2015–present)
- Lincoln Riley: Oklahoma Sooners (2017–present)
- Seth Littrell: North Texas Mean Green (2016–present)
- Josh Heupel: UCF (2018–present)
- Eric Morris: Incarnate Word (2018–present)
