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Remembering Coach Mike Leach
He made an impact on football and the world
If you aren’t focused on what’s right here in front of you, if you’re daydreaming about what might be, you really aren’t focused at all. — Mike Leach
I remember the time I met Coach Leach when he was in his first or second season at Washington State University.
My dad and I went down for a game with my oldest daughter and ran into him walking around the athletic department.
My dad and I said ‘hi’ to him as we passed him in a hallway. Not thinking he would stop, but he did. He introduced himself and chatted with us a bit.
We talked about farming, my time at WSU, writing books, and unicorns. All that in a 15 minute conversation.
Sure, it was a few hours before game time, but the fact he stopped to chat was amazing. It was a real experience to cover all that ground in a few minutes too.
You’ve probably heard it a lot about how he can talk about anything. And it sure seemed true that day. He was definitely a unique person.
But the way he stopped to connect with my dad and I was something else altogether.
