Texas Tech fires football coach Leach (AP)

December 31st, 2009

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2008 file photo, Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach walks back to the sidelines after a timeout in an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech has fired football coach Mike Leach. The school handed a termination letter to Leach's attorney, Ted Liggett, on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, just before the two sides were to appear in a Lubbock, Texas, courtroom for a hearing on the coach's suspension. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - Mike Leach's firing by Texas Tech stemmed from more than just a lone complaint by the father of a player who alleged the coach mistreated his son.




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