Mike Leach reaches career milestone with Mississippi State’s win over Tennessee State

Mike Leach had a successful 10-year tenure as the head coach at Texas Tech. He then spent 8 solid seasons at Washington State. And now, after a tough 2020, he’s producing better results in his second season at Mississippi State than he had in his first.

Leach continues to rack up wins, and on Saturday, he recorded a milestone victory.

Mississippi State cruised to a 55-10 rout of Tennessee State, which marked Leach’s 150th career win. He is now 11-11 over his first 2 seasons with the Bulldogs, but they are an improved 7-4 in 2021.

Leach went 84-43 at Texas Tech and 55-47 at Washington State before coming to Mississippi State ahead of the 2020 season.

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Congratulations @Coach_Leach! #HailState? pic.twitter.com/MemV6rLVo4

— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) November 20, 2021

Although the Bulldogs are guaranteed to have a winning record this year, they’re going to look to have a strong finish and pick up 2 more wins. They close the regular season with their Egg Bowl matchup against Ole Miss on Thanksgiving night, and then they’ll participate in a bowl game.

So perhaps Leach can add another pair of victories to his impressive career record before 2021 is over.

Jake Rill

Jake Rill contributes to news coverage for Saturday Down South. He has covered the SEC since 2016.