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Mike Leach agrees to contract extension amid rumors, keeping WSU’s coach in Pullman through 2024 season

PULLMAN — Three days after a social media spoof indicated Mike Leach had accepted a position at Ole Miss, Washington State’s athletic department unveiled a graphic of its eighth-year head coach – the text reading “Extended through 2024.”

No hoax this time.

Despite reports stating he’d met with administrators from Arkansas earlier in the week about the Razorbacks’ coaching vacancy, Leach officially hopped off the coaching carousel Thursday morning, agreeing in principle to a contract extension that will keep the offensive guru in Pullman through the 2024 football season.

Leach’s extension adds a fifth year to what was previously a four-year deal, but the financial terms of his contract essentially go unchanged.