Texas Tech even now owes me for 2009 firing

STARKVILLE — Mike Leach hasn’t overlooked about the revenue he feels Texas Tech nevertheless owes him.

The Mississippi State soccer mentor was fired in 2009 following the Red Raiders claimed he mistreated Adam James, a player who had endured a concussion, by placing him into an electrical closet for several hours. Leach has disputed that account above the a long time, but Texas Tech nevertheless fired him for trigger — negating a lot of a 5-yr, $12.7 million agreement signed in February 2009.

But Leach feels he’s owed some of that funds. If he experienced remained at Texas Tech on Dec. 31, 2009 — a working day right after Leach was fired — he would have obtained an $800,000 reward. All these yrs later, as Leach prepares Mississippi State to participate in Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 28 (5:45 p.m., ESPN), Leach is even now waiting for a check.

“You know, wonderful school,” Leach stated Saturday. “I’ve received fantastic recollections there. They nevertheless owe me for 2009, the very last time they gained 9 online games, so it’s possible they’ll supply the examine. So we’ll see what transpires there.”

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In 2017, Leach employed Dolcefino Consulting, a firm in Houston, to dig into community paperwork linked to Leach’s firing in 2009, when the Crimson Raiders went 9-4. Leach thinks he’s continue to owed about $2.5 million.

Leach experienced yet another lawsuit in 2010 dismissed from courtroom since it was deemed Texas Tech experienced sovereign immunity that prevented it from getting to fork out monetary damages for a breach of contract.

“Mike will go to his demise demanding the fact and demanding they pay him what they owe him,” Leach’s investigator, Wayne Dolcefino, advised Usa Now Sports activities in September 2020. “I’ve received no indicator that coach Leach is not ready to combat the war until he dies.”

The Liberty Bowl will be the initially time Leach has faced his former software on the subject. Nonetheless, Leach stated there’s no additional drive for Mississippi Condition (7-5) to gain the video game just simply because Texas Tech (6-6) is the opponent.

“You’ve gotta be motivated for almost everything you…