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SaintDawg
12-13-2022, 12:14 PM
In fairly recent memory, an active head coach from a P5 school passing? Especially one as popular as Coach Leach? The only one that comes close in my mind is Bear. Although he passed soon after he retired, (less than a month I think) I cannot remember an active coach of this magnitude passing. Thoughts?
BrunswickDawg
12-13-2022, 12:18 PM
I can't think of one as well-known for sure. Closest I can think of is when Marshall lost their team and staff.
MrBigStuff
12-13-2022, 12:25 PM
Joe Morrison, HC at South Carolina. Feb 1989 also of a heart attack.
SaintDawg
12-13-2022, 12:36 PM
I can't think of one as well-known for sure. Closest I can think of is when Marshall lost their team and staff.
Yes. I thought of them as well.
StarkVegasSteve
12-13-2022, 12:36 PM
Northwestern lost their HC Randy Walker to a heart attack in June of 06 and hired Pat Fitzgerald 7 days later. That's the only time I can think of a sitting HC passing outside of Marshall in 74
SilentSteel16
12-13-2022, 12:40 PM
Didn’t we lose an offensive coach last year to health issues. I am pretty sure it was one of Leach’s WR coaches.
Desoto1967
12-13-2022, 12:41 PM
Forgot his name, but he had moved on to another program
Nutriaitch
12-13-2022, 12:43 PM
In fairly recent memory, an active head coach from a P5 school passing? Especially one as popular as Coach Leach? The only one that comes close in my mind is Bear. Although he passed soon after he retired, (less than a month I think) I cannot remember an active coach of this magnitude passing. Thoughts?

Someone on an LSU board mentioned that South Carolina lost their coach in like '89 or so.

LSU Hired Bo Rein for the 1980 season and he died in a plane crash on a recruiting trip before ever coaching a game.
Coach34
12-13-2022, 12:52 PM
Rex Dockery of Memphis died in a plane crash as coach in the early 80's
Commercecomet24
12-13-2022, 01:04 PM
Someone on an LSU board mentioned that South Carolina lost their coach in like '89 or so.

LSU Hired Bo Rein for the 1980 season and he died in a plane crash on a recruiting trip before ever coaching a game.

Yeah Joe Morrison at usce
ScoobaDawg
12-13-2022, 01:28 PM
Nothing like this has ever happened.. It makes it even more touch now with the early signing day being the read signing day in a week.