Rhett Lashlee’s time at UConn was short as he stayed in Storrs, CT for only one season in 2017. Lashlee came down to SMU to serve as the offensive coordinator for Sonny Dykes in 2018, who replaced Chad Morris as head coach of the Mustangs. Lashlee left Auburn and Gus Malzahn’s power spread to go to UConn where he could run what he wanted without oversight, and then took the trip down to Dallas, TX to work for an Air Raid coach in Dykes.
Sonny Dykes was the first branch of the Mike Leach coaching tree. Dykes followed Hal Mumme and Leach to Kentucky, and then Leach to Texas Tech.