Bringing an end to nearly a month of riding the coaching carousel, Washington State University will announce a contract extension for football coach Mike Leach today, according to a CougCenter source. The exact details, in terms of salary and contract length, are not known.
Leach had been at the center of the last Tennessee Volunteers head coaching rumor prior to John Currie’s firing early this month. He had also been rumored to be of interest to athletic directors in other searches as well, including the Arkansas Razorbacks. The extension follows reports that the school had offered Leach one before Tennessee came calling but no agreement was reached, which university president Kirk Schulz confirmed to The Seattle Times.