Sports
December 14, 2022
Mike Leach, the Madman Who Revolutionized Football
The author of ‘The Perfect Pass’ and ‘Empire of the Summer Moon’ reflects on Mike Leach’s coaching legacy.
Mike Leach
Sports
December 13, 2022
There Will Never Be Another Mike Leach
The former Texas Tech football coach, revered for his offensive mind and beloved for his one-of-a-kind character, died Monday.
Sports
November 16, 2022
Most Sports Figures Were “Paranoid Assholes” to This Writer. Mike Leach was “Fabulous.”
Author S. C. Gwynne calls his 2009 profile of the pirate-obsessed former Texas Tech coach part of the “golden era” of his journalism career.
Books
August 24, 2016
Empire of the Perfect Pass
Quanah Parker, Stonewall Jackson . . . and Hal Mumme?! Why S.C. Gwynne took a break from historical epics to tell the story of the Texas coach who changed football.
Sports
July 15, 2013
Generation Y’s X’s and O’s
Texas Tech’s new head coach is disarmingly young, stylish, and hip. He also seems to have the Midas touch.
Sports
March 21, 2013
The Mike Leach Family Tree Keeps Growing: Hal Mumme to SMU
The sometimes controversial "Air Raid" offense guru, who has coached everywhere from Copperas Cove High School to (most recently) DII McMurry in Abilene, joins June Jones' staff as assistant head coach and passing game coordinator.
Sports
January 21, 2013
“Air” Kingsbury Flies Back to Lubbock
Texas Tech takes all of four days to pick the head coach everybody wanted: 33 year-old former Red Raiders quarterback & Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Meet Johnny Football
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel finally speaks, UT-TCU, the Cotton Bowl, UTSA-Texas State and other highlights from the college football week that was.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Will Mike Leach Walk the Plank in Pullman?
The Pac-12 Conference is investigating charges of abusive player treatment made against the former Texas Tech and current Washington State coach. Leach denies the allegations.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Friday Night Lights’ Peter Berg Does Not Like Craig James
And Details also gets more details on the upcoming FNL movie from the director.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Craig James is Still Running Against Mike Leach
In his latest Internet campaign video, the candidate for U.S. Senate is "interviewed" by his daughter about Leach, whom he calls a "bully"
Sports
January 21, 2013
Texas Supreme Court Denies Mike Leach’s Appeal
The state's highest court denied Mike Leach's appeal of his wrongful termination lawsuit against Texas Tech.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
“Friday Night Lights” Kicks Off Again
A possible fourth iteration of Friday Night Lights would focus on “Mad Pirate” Mike Leach.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Rick Perry and Mark Cuban Are Both More Popular than Jerry Jones
But Tim Tebow is more popular than all of them. Public Policy Polling released the last part of its January Texas voter survey.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
What the Media Really Thinks About Craig James’ Senate Candidacy
The former SMU star and longtime ESPN analyst officially announced his intent to run on Monday, but the media's been discussing it for a week.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Craig James Reportedly Riding Into U.S. Senate Race
The Dallas Morning News reported that the ESPN announcer and former SMU star will file for candidacy by Thursday.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Pirate Under Attack. Avast, Ye Swabs!
If Texas Tech fires Leach, there will be a mushroom cloud over Lubbock for thousands of miles and a likely revolt of Tech fans, alums, and former players.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Head Case
Depending on your point of view, the firing of Mike Leach, Texas Tech’s controversial football coach, was about the state of football (the sport has gone soft), concussions (they are a potentially life-threatening condition), or celebrity meddling (Craig James was a helicopter dad). But is it possible that Leach has
Sports
December 4, 2011
Fightin’ Words: Hal Mumme Lays Into Craig James
The football coach at Abilene’s McMurry University, and pal to Mike Leach, had a few less-than-Christian words for Craig James and his son, Adam.
Sports
November 9, 2011
Texas Tech’s Adam James Speaks For the First Time Since Leach’s Firing
On the eve of his last home game as a Red Raider, Adam James talks to selected media, though not about Mike Leach.
Sports
August 21, 2009
Mike Leach Is Thinking . . .
And you would be too if you were an itinerant Rollerblader with a passion for pirates who’d reinvented the game of college football, brought joy to Lubbock, beaten UT, and narrowly missed a shot at a national championship. And what you’d be thinking is, “Gangway!”