Mike Leach Suspended Indefinitely, That Means No Alamo Bowl

Mike Leach has been suspended by Texas Tech administrators indefinitely. This stems from a Thursday evening statement from the university saying that “a complaint from a player and his parents” was lodged against Leach and that an investigation was underway.

Texas Tech said an investigation is underway concerning Leach’s treatment of the athlete after an injury that occurred. No other details were available at that time.

However today, officials declared Leach suspended at once and indefinitately and that he will not coach in the upcomming Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.

In their official statement the school said, “At Texas Tech all such complaints are considered as serious matters, and as a result, an investigation of the incident is underway. Until the investigation is complete, Texas Tech University is suspending coach Leach from all duties as Head Football Coach effective immediately.”

According to the same officials, defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill will assume duties as Interim Head Coach and will coach the team during the Alamo Bowl this Friday, January 2nd.

No further reports will be issued until after the investigation is complete.

There's been internal friction this season with the Red Raiders and Leach and Leach has resorted to calling out his players for losses and lack of focus.

He verbally chastised players after a loss to Texas A&M in October both in person and in the press for listening to "their fat little girlfriends," and thinking the Aggies were a pushover.

After the Red Raiders loss at then-No. 12 Houston in September, Leach suspended indefinitely starting offensive lineman Brandon Carter for violating team rules and appeared to be ready to crack the whip on any player not towing his line.

The loss to the Cougars was the second straight for the Red Raiders, who had fallen 34-24 at No. 2 Texas in an early Big 12 match-up. This was the first time in Leach's tenure that he had lost 2 of his first four games and he was beside himself with frustration.

That same week Leach banned his players from having Twitter pages, Facebook type pages and more after linebacker Marlon Williams asked on his account why he was still in a meeting room when "the head coach can't even be on time", and it became public.

Nobody wants a coach who doesn't have a firm hand on the players, but the present investigation is looking into whether he was too firm.

No one can deny Leach's skills as a coach, but this suspension and investigation will leave a mark on his otherwise rosy resume.