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College Football Icon Joins Staff of Division III Program As Offensive Coordinator

Hal Mumme is considered one of the founders of the Air Raid offense.

Sports Illustrated

Lone Star State of Mind: Elite Texas Quarterbacks Spreading Throughout College Football

The state of Texas producing great quarterbacks is commonplace, but even by already high historical standards, the current group is remarkable.

Sports Illustrated

To those who know Ravens OC Todd Monken best, he’s a supreme adapter who could take Lamar Jackson to the next level

BALTIMORE — In the football coaching firmament, there are wizards — Mouse Davis with his run-and-shoot offense, Hal Mumme and Mike Leach with the “Air Raid” — celebrated more for their schematic innovations than for the games they won. Then, there are adapters: coaches who do not invent the tools…

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Why Sonny Dykes Was the Final Piece to TCU’s Playoff Puzzle

The coach has led the Horned Frogs to the national title game, building off the foundation Gary Patterson put together.

Sports Illustrated

One of Mike Leach’s Last Acts Saved a Starkville Restaurant

As the town said goodbye to the Mississippi State coach, one local owner shared a personal story.

Sports Illustrated

QBs, Coaches Share Tales of Papa Leach’s Brilliant Football Mind

The next time you tune in for any game, you will see a piece of Mike Leach’s influence. That, his pupils say, will be the coach’s legacy.

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Hal Mumme Recounts 15-Hour Phone Call With Protégé Mike Leach

The former football coach recalled a lengthy, yet exciting conversation with his good friend who died on Monday.

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John Clay: Two architects of Kentucky football’s ‘Air Raid’ era have now died, both too soon

They were both part of Hal Mumme’s first staff as football coach at the University of Kentucky. Guy Morriss was the former NFL offensive lineman from Texas. Mike Leach was the quirky law school graduate from California. Both are now gone, both way too soon.

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Mike Leach, Mississippi State football coach, dies at 61

“Mike’s keen intellect and unvarnished candor made him one of the nation’s true coaching legends,” Mississippi State President Mark Keenum said. “His passing brings great sadness to our university, to the Southeastern Conference, and to all who loved college football.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Mike Leach Was a One-of-a-Kind College Football Coach

Leach broke the mold both on the field and off, and his death leaves a sport without one of its unique figures.

Sports Illustrated

Mississippi State Coach Mike Leach Dies at 61

Leach was hospitalized following a medical emergency at his home over the weekend.

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Inside Lincoln Riley's Air Raid offense, known for constant evolution and misdirection

The ideas that would one day inspire a football revolution had been rattling around in Hal Mumme's head for a few years before he finally had the chance to use them. It was 1986, and Mumme had just lost his job as Texas El Paso's offensive coordinator. With nowhere to…

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