Mike Leach, one of the most colorful coaches in college football, is dead at 61.
Leach, the head coach of Mississippi State, was listed in critical condition earlier Monday after suffering a massive heart attack.
The school announced Leach’s death Tuesday morning.
“Mike was a giving and attentive husband, father and grandfather,” Leach’s family said in a statement. “He was able to participate in organ donation at UMMC as a final act of charity. We are supported and uplifted by the outpouring of love and prayers from family, friends, Mississippi State University, the hospital staff, and football fans around the world. Thank you for sharing in the joy of our beloved husband and father’s life.”
Social media was filled with video clips of Leach on Sunday and Monday after it was announced he’d suffered a heart attack over the weekend.
Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was named the interim coach once Leach was hospitalized.
