Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach remains hospitalized and in critical condition. Check out is he died or alive ?
Mike Leach : Died | Death | heart attack | hospitalized
Mike Leach was born to Frank and Sandra Leach in Susanville, California.
Frank was a forester and the family moved around several times while Mike was growing up, before finally settling in Cody, Wyoming. He was raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Leach graduated from Cody High School in 1979; he played football there from 1975–1978 and was recruited to play at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.
An ankle injury that he sustained in high school ruled out playing college football, and he played rugby instead.
Leach stayed close to the football program, occasionally sitting in on film room sessions.
Mike Leach died
Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach remains hospitalized and in critical condition, the university said in a statement Monday morning. Leach suffered what was called Sunday a “personal health issue” that occurred at home.
He is alive and in critical condition. According to a report by the Clarion Ledger, Leach had a massive heart attack.
Leach, who is in his third season as the Bulldogs’ head football coach, was at practice with the team Saturday as Mississippi State was preparing to play Illinois on Jan. 2 in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
With Leach hospitalized, defensive coordinator Zach Arnett has been put in charge of the football program.
Leach, 61, is in his third head-coaching stint. He was at Texas Tech from 2000 to ’09 and Washington State from 2012 to ’19. He was the AFCA national Coach of the Year in 2018.
Mississippi State released a statement saying he is battling a personal health issue without divulging further details. The statement said:
“That is the extent of information that MSU has available regarding Coach Leach’s condition, and the university will make no other comment at this time other than to say that the thoughts and prayers of the university are with Mike and Sharon and their family.”
Death
He is alive and in critical condition.
Mike Leach heart attack
Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday in Starkville and sources told the Clarion Ledger that the situation is dire.
The longtime football coach was transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Leach, 61, didn’t receive medical attention for between 10 and 15 minutes before EMTs arrived and delivered shocks to his heart with a defibrillator to restore normal heart rhythm, according to the Clarion Ledger.
Once he was stabilized at Oktibbeha County Hospital he was transferred to Jackson by helicopter. Leach may have suffered seizures with possible brain damage, the paper reported.
Mississippi State said in a statement late Monday morning that Leach “remains in critical condition.”
The college football community has been praying for the coach’s health.
“Mike Leach needs a miracle, folks. Continue to pray,” Robbie Faulk, who covers the Bulldogs for 247 Sports, tweeted Sunday.
Hospitalized
Mike Leach, the Mississippi State University coach, was sent to the hospital on 11 December due to a “personal health issue” that the University did not disclose. It happened in his home in Starkville.
His treatment was first carried out in a local hospital, but later, he was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Centre (UMMC), Jackson.
A source from UMMC, Mark Rolph, told the media that Mike Leach used to be a patient at the hospital. But it provided no updates about his current condition.
The Mississippi State University told the media that UMMC is nearly hundred and twenty-five miles from Mississippi State.
The University said it could not reveal any more information on Mike Leach’s condition. But they added that the wishes and prayers of the whole school are with Mike Leach and his family.