As a patient of heart failure, hearing him constantly clear his throat gives me chills. It's a damaged feedback loop where the heart is unable to pump efficiently enough to clear fluid from the lungs which results in poor oxygen absorption to the heart. His time was running out.....

@kathybuttsarnold3534

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that, and also the sallowness of his complexion. 😢

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

You said almost what I just said in a response. Indeed.

@chrispotter249

Жыл бұрын

Very tragic but I’m very glad you are still with us my fella

@tensecondbuickgn

Жыл бұрын

@@chrispotter249 ❤️

@michaelfarris3770

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you have to wonder whether his wife or anyone close to him tried to get him to go to a Dr before this happened. Great guy.

The world will miss this authentic man.

Can't believe this man is gone. He was one of a kind. Such a national treasure. College Football lost a good one today.. Rest In Peace Coach.

I lived in Lubbock, watched him coach TTU to a first place National ranking, what a treat. I have followed him ever since. We’ve Lost a treasure 🍻

@dianaray6030

Жыл бұрын

Flying my pirate flag in lubbock

One of the greatest offensive minds of all time. I'll Miss those hilarious post game interviews he gave over the years. He will be greatly missed. RIP.

61 years old is still young to be gone. Especially when you're active. Rip Mike, always luvd watching yur gunslinging offense.

One last win for the pirate. You love to see it. Lubbock will always be grateful.

I remember when he coached Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree in 2008 that team was amazing!

@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4

Жыл бұрын

God that was Ncaa video game like

I didn't know him but I'll miss him, he was one of my favorite coaches. He had the ability to make his players think outside of football and apply the lessons they learned to football. He will never be replicated and will always be remembered. Rest in Peace Mr. Leach.

@colbyduyck1861

Жыл бұрын

100% 🙏🏼

I was at this game and I am so happy that I was able to go to his last one and that he won. Definitely worth the trip to Oxford. I hate that he will miss the bowl game at the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he could be his true pirate self. RIP legend

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👍

Southern Miss alum here, and we were and still are praying for Coach Leach and his family and his players. May he rest in peace.

Love for Miss State community and Mike's family from Bayou Bengal nation. Truly a great man, authentic, innovative and hilarious. The game of football and all fans will miss this guy. Truly a national treasure. RIP Coach.

Who would have ever thought this would be his last presser. You will be greatly missed coach. Prayers to the family and his close friends

@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4

Жыл бұрын

Nope life's so short

Super sad, such a legend.. sending love from vol nation

In my life I have never really followed or cared about any coach, but that changed when the eccentric Coach Leach came to Texas Tech. He was so awkward in some ways but so blunt in his assessments on so many topics, for some reason I loved his very real personality. Sadly, I doubt there will be such a likeable coach in the Leach mould from here out. I will definitely miss personality and wit.

@stevesims6301

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't really apply, but Coach Leach should be laid out in cargo shorts, sweat shirt with sneakers and his whistle around his neck. He should be comfortable and casual for his final journey. I loved his personality.

The only Football games I have passionately watched since the early 2000's were Mike Leach Games. My favorite team moved from Texas Tech to Washington State to Mississippi State. Now I am lost. I'll have to buy a button-up sweater and take up stamp collecting.

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

👍Indeed Gregg. I understand.

@dianaray6030

Жыл бұрын

Coach is laughing at that comment

I didn’t know him personally but I have followed him since Texas Tech!! Awesome man and coach and I was so excited to have him as our coach at Mississippi State. He will be greatly missed.

Coach had dealing with a bad cough for about 8 months. Wish we could have seen it sooner.

@pvank1799

Жыл бұрын

That's a sign of congestive heart failure. Sad.

@robertseward7690

Жыл бұрын

But he had the best care available...was he avoiding hospitalization?

Go rest high on that mountain, Coach Leach. You will be greatly missed.

@rickolson3114

Жыл бұрын

Great song...

@blueocean-me1ns

Жыл бұрын

Actually, his out to sea being a pirate.

A pleasure to listen to such an interesting and eloquent man. He will be missed. RIP Coach.

Rip to an all time great

Unfortunately another icon in the game of college football has left the playing field a genuine person through and through college football is going to sorely Miss this man and his ingenuity that he brought to the game God bless his family

So saddened by his passing, dad played for him at Valdosta state.. Mike was one hell of a guy

He had no idea that he was living his last days. None of us do. It can be over at any time.

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

Make no mistake about it Michael, he knew he was in trouble. He was like "most men" and simply dismissed it, it's VERY apparent (with hindsight) he was literally on borrowed time.

@robertseward7690

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he did...that constant coughing/congestion was NOT good, and his complexion looked wan.

@Michael-jw6et

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPocketfullOfSteel A lingering cough is no indication a person is going to drop dead from a thunderclap heart attack. There is usually no forewarning of that. I know lots of people that have a cough. They don't expect to drop dead. I am sure he didn't expect what happened.

GOAT. Miss him already 💔

He looked pale in his interview and was coughing couldn’t really talk lost a legend rip coach

"You best is always enough - that's all you've got." Nice way to end it.

Love you leach. RiP🏴‍☠️💔

I am an Ole Miss fan, but I was also a huge Mike Leach fan - going back to his days at Texas Tech and WA State. His press conferences and practice reports were always entertaining. And one thing I cherished that he and Kiffin had brought to the rivalry was to rid it of the silly name-calling and School-Up-North B.S. The rivalry was still there and it was still great to beat the rival, but in the end, those guys were friends and didn't cater to that segment of our respective fan bases. I miss Mike. He was what college football should be about.

We have lost a legend today.

RIP Coach 🙏

What an entertaining coach!!

the first minute should have alarmed any health expert

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

👍

Mike Leach was a guy I would love to sit down and share a beer or coffee with and just share stories.

@bobwallace9814

Жыл бұрын

He's the guy that I would pick up the tab just to keep the stories coming.

Legend Legend legend RIP Coach

Much love from buckeye nation rip mike

I wish I had known him. He’s so interesting and intelligent.

The throat clearing was a warning sign. Regular doctor visits are a must if possible.

@lordfatcock

Жыл бұрын

Congestive heart failure?

@farmer8201

Жыл бұрын

he was throat clearing all the time in his WSU days

@dee-taylor

Жыл бұрын

@@lordfatcock Yes. It can slowly get worse over years until the heart finally gives out. Chronic throat clearing is a common symptom.

@pryingopenmythirdeye1830

Жыл бұрын

Uh wrong . Regular doctor visits are how you die. God people are so brainwashed. The truth is out there. You can find stories from a guy whom used to work as the financal treasurer for a major hospital . He said he ended up having to resign because he realized the hospital was a business whom thrived off of death and illness . You can also find many stories from various people an example of one is a boy about 17 was on life support and the hospital said he wouldn't survive and they recommended pulling the plug since he was an organ donor and they had a patient who was waiting on him to die to take his organs . Well the family agreed all but the father. The father said he wanted to wait a few more days . The hospital basically said there is no point , and they aren't asking anymore to pull the plug they are now saying they are pulling the plug cause they need to free up space and not waste it on someone who is going to die plus his organs are needed. The father refused and said , your not killing my son . He then proceeded to go to his car, grab a rifle came back to his sons hospital room and threated to kill anyone who pulled the plug. So of course cops were called and when cops showed up there was a stand off and while they were negotiating with the father to drop the gun and surrender , the boy woke up . The boy woke up and ended up making a full recovery all cause the father, but the father sill ended up doing a year in prison even tho he was right and his actions saved his sons life. People actually have the audacity to still Defend the laws , police and hospitals. You people are incredibly brainwashed and don't realize the enemy and the only enemy and the source of everyone's suffering has been right under our nose this whole time.

@jonathanshelnut3346

Жыл бұрын

@@dee-taylor yeah, it sounded really bad here. Congestive heart failure beginning perhaps.

Rest in Heaven, Coach Leach

No coach, we appreciated YOU RIP

May he Rest in Peace. The world lost a great coach..💐.

During Coy Gibbs last interview after his son won the xfinity championship. He also had a cough very similar to coach leach . Then they both pass away unexpectedly. Just saying.

RIP friend

Coach leach will be missed for sure!

RIP Coach.

RIP COACH,LAST INTERVIEW HES HAVING MAJOR SON.SHOULD OF EENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE'S TEAM DRS AT.OMG GOD HES IN BAD SHAPE

Rip coach

Rest well Mike.

I caught a few minutes of this game on Thanksgiving Day. When the cameras showed Leach on the sideline, I was shocked at how bad he looked. I hadn't heard that he had been fighting pneumonia, but to me I could tell that he had some very serious health issues going on. With all due respect to Coach Leach, his complexion I can only describe as cadaverous. His face was puffy, probably as a result of steroids he was prescribed to fight the pneumonia. It makes me wonder whether the pneumonia was masking heart failure or whether, when Coach started experiencing symptoms of the heart attack, he chalked it up to the pneumonia and shrugged it off. He was one of the best, gone too soon. Rest in peace, Coach Leach.

Rest In Peace Mike

won his last game. coaching with one foot in the grave R.I.P.

That cough... As someone that has been in medicine for 20 years, I am sitting here watching and trying to assess. The cough could be a sign of heart failure, which could ultimately cause fatal dysrhythmia. I bet there were other signs as well, but a man like Leach does not seem to be one that would go to a doctor if he thought something really bad was happening. He reminds me of the type that would just say, if I cannot live the way that I wanna, I do not want to live.

@kirkgarner7381

Жыл бұрын

I hadn't seen him in a while, so when I caught a few minutes of this Thanksgiving Day game, I was shocked at how bad he looked. His face was puffy and he had the skin tone of a much older person or, with all due respect, a cadaver. Rest in peace.

@mccalljeff

Жыл бұрын

@@kirkgarner7381 Yea, it is always ill-advised to assess from the doorway, which is what I am doing, but you can glean some valuable information from the door. I suspect that he had some warning signs for sure.

I'm from Ohio and a Buckeye fan but I always was intrigued by coach LEACH , would love to have sat down with him over coffee or a beer and just talk about Random shit RIP SIR

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

You don't have to preface where your from and who you root for. Columbus. I won't hold that against you.

@alexcika9906

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPocketfullOfSteel haha you a Wolverine fan

@dog1dog223

Жыл бұрын

Fellow lifelong Buckeye fan, and Leach was my favorite coach of all-time, and has been for about 15 years. Brilliant, innovative, quirky, and unapologetic...college football is so much less interesting without him.

RIP 😔🙏

Fill sorry for him he looks sick here he had pneumonia also

Clearly half the season of walking pneumonia contributed to his congestive heart failure. He looks very pale. He should have taken personal leave to take care of his health.

@brickmason4410

Жыл бұрын

I think it was raining during that game also..

@dlbarney2

Жыл бұрын

What! You doctor much..smh

@Baczkowa78

Жыл бұрын

@@dlbarney2 better than a doctor.

Hope your still coaching in the afterlife, goodbye Coach and Rip.

Was beating the desk for 14 weeks that MS State should force his hand to get checked out. Can’t breathe, can’t get through a sentence without coughing up a lung, & looks beyond gray. Some, not all, blood is on their hands. Shame on them.

@militantnormal428

Жыл бұрын

He had been battling pneumonia and had been under the care of a doctor! He probably pushed himself too hard instead of taking time to fully recover. Pneumonia can lead to a heart attack in many cases. He obviously was still struggling here!

@ColbyONE

Жыл бұрын

@@militantnormal428 Don’t doubt any of that. What I do know is that Head Coaches in a Power 5 conference are psycho paths. They married that job before their spouse & before they marry their spouse there is an understanding that the spouse comes second. You miss birthdays, kid plays, anniversaries, proms, a ton. Not saying it’s right or wrong, but it’s how it is. Point being, these head coaches aren’t walking away voluntarily. Just isn’t happening. MS State beat writer went on record Monday & said after the UGA game, he asked Leach if he was ok bc he couldn’t breathe, kept hacking, & skin color was gray. He admitted the university tried to get him to take some time off, but he refused. Well, of course he refused. Hot seat rumors are rampant. MS State HAD to of known this. If little ole me in NC, who watches EVERY Mike Leach press conference, is cringing having to watch them bc it’s so uncomfortable to see him struggle so much, then MS State should’ve seen it a milion times over. A guy drinks a little too much & wants to drive home. A true friend says, “man, out of a good conscience, I can’t let you do drive.” Even though the guy swears he’s ok, you don’t let him do it. You don’t give him an option to drive. No different here. It’s not an option. Go see what’s wrong. And I don’t want to hear about “well they’d have to still pay him if they made him get help and forced him out.” You were gonna pay him anyway when you fired him if he had lost 2 more games, so what’s the difference. I’m not saying MSU is liable or the Leach family should sue. Ultimately, it’s on Leach. But it’s kind of like Joe Paterno. Altogeth they’re not responsible, they could’ve done more.

@ColbyONE

Жыл бұрын

@@militantnormal428 Also, Leach isn’t stupid. 61 + LOA + Hot Seat= You ain’t coming back.

@ColbyONE

Жыл бұрын

@@militantnormal428 One other thing. If it was some overweight coach, that dropped over, then ok, it is what it is. But Leach looked like DEATH. That’s my frustration. I was pounding the desk. The symptoms were OBVIOUS something was way off & EVERY week, it got worse & worse & worse & worse. At what point do you step in and say, “hey, coach can’t breathe, can’t get through a sentence without a lung exploding from a cough, and has ash gray skin. Maybe we should do something.” This isn’t that difficult of a choice.

@robertseward7690

Жыл бұрын

@@ColbyONE I'm guessing it's like me. Doc sez he needs a heart transplant. Leach sez --no way. I am the same way. But I don't have 4 kids and a wife...so he really needed to step up, medically.

It was obvious in retrospect that he did not feel well. He exhibited low energy and, as others have noted, his pale complexion and frequent coughing are also clues. He was one of the few coaches who never played football but was known as a great tactician who brought an intellectual approach to the game. He was intellectual in his pursuit and totally different from most coaches. I remember when his Texas Tech Raiders went 11-1 after many years as a mediocre team. RIP Coach Leach.

@dianaray6030

Жыл бұрын

Guns up..well, swords while here at ttu

Bet he was just a good dude!

Coach hope you're getting first hand accounts from pirates and Geronimo now.

@robertseward7690

Жыл бұрын

Swing your Sword!

So by posting this you want me and every one else to cry more after we just stopped. Ok.

@dlbarney2

Жыл бұрын

No one is forcing you to watch

@jjsneed8060

Жыл бұрын

Crying is not a bad thing, just make sure you enjoy life ! It’s short people !

him and westmoreland are reunited

He was coughing because he was having heart failure .. he had the “maybe it will go away tomorrow “ prior to my heart attack I was doing the same ..

He seemed to be coughing a lot. Clearing his throat a lot. Wonder if was a sign of serious medical issues.

Forever a Coug!!

He looks a bit pale in this interview as well as in the last video that he made that was either a day before or the day of his heart attack.

He sounded congested like he was sick why didn’t he see a doc?

Sad in hindsight, the coughing is one symptom of cardiac issues with labored breathing which you can see in this video 😭

he was taken too fast sounded pretty unhealthy

Coaches color doesn't look good here.. kinda pale.. Kiffin commented on an interview earlier that he felt something wasn't right with Coach pre game..

What the hell he was dying during this interview! Somebody should have driven him to yhe hospital right yhen and there. Jeez!

I'm sorry guys but all these '"expert" opinions of Coach Leach's health are very annoying. You'd think the man dropped dead right after this news conference. He died a full two weeks later. If he was so obviously ill as the comments suggest I'm sure someone close to him would of made sure he rec'd immediate medical attention. That said, the constant coughing and throat clearing is quite obvious and even Coach himself commented on it. However, we've all experienced these symptoms without being "at death's door". To be clear: I'm not suggesting he wasn't ill - because he was - but what gets me is everyone acting like a medical expert based on the video evidence . . and of course the fact he died two weeks later. 🤔 Any of these dire predictions BEFORE Coach Leach died? That is what I'd like to hear. Everyone is an after-the-fact expert . . 🙄 In any event, I am glad this terrific coach and unique man went out on a big rivalry win. 🙂

Too late now but his color is bad here along with throat clearing. Tell tale sign of problems. So sorry he is gone.

Those shots are not effective with prior heart conditions

As a Hogs fan the main thing is we can't wait to steal 3-4 players from that program now

@MrPocketfullOfSteel

Жыл бұрын

Boy. How original. It's dinner time son.

@drm2364

Жыл бұрын

What is wrong with you? The man just passed away and you're on here worrying about getting players from his team. This is not about football. It's about Coach Leach. Have some respect.

@jjsneed8060

Жыл бұрын

This is what’s wrong with humanity! wow ! RIP COACH LEACH !!!

@rubberband1510

Жыл бұрын

@@drm2364 Yeah whatever. Your football program is toast, enjoy. And we'll enjoy a player or two from your program

@drm2364

Жыл бұрын

@@rubberband1510 they're not even my program, dummy. Your program has always been irrelevant and will continue that trend for the foreseeable future.