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Report: Mike Leach Interested in Texas Tech Return After Kliff Kingsbury Firing

Washington State head coach Mike Leach is reportedly interested in a return to Texas Tech after the team fired head coach Kliff Kingsbury on Saturday, according to Don Williams of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

Athletic director Kirby Hocutt will have to decide whether he also wants Leach back in charge of the football program, but a large group of Texas Tech boosters are planning to convince the AD to make the call.

"The people who are supporting him, it’s not just one or two," a source told Williams. "It’s like a hoard of people and maybe eight or 10 that are like million-dollar-plus donors.