Even before athletic director Bill Moos left WSU to become Nebraska’s AD, Mike Leach’s future in Pullman was uncertain. Would the Cougars be able to hold on to a coach who elevated the program to levels not seen since, well … the last time a coach left the program (that didn’t end so well for Mike Price). But the departure of Moos, who hired and championed Leach, left the situation even more clouded.
Below is a timeline of the events and rumors since Leach’s name first surfaced for the Tennessee job in a Football Scoop story published during the Apple Cup.