By: Washington State Athletic Communications
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Athletics announced Monday that Head Coach Mike Leach has agreed in principle to a provision in Leach's contract to extend the agreement an additional year through the 2022 season, bringing it to a five-year contract. The new agreement will also provide increased compensation for Coach Leach beginning in 2018 as well as for the assistant coaches' salary pool.
"Coach Leach has led a spectacular turnaround in the fortunes of our football program during the last six years, and we want to keep him in the Cougar family for a long time to come," said WSU President Kirk Schulz.