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Mississippi State Football Coach Mike Leach Apologizes For Controversial Tweet Of A Noose

Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach apologized Thursday for a tweet that showed a woman knitting her husband a noose while being quarantined inside their home. The post was tweeted Wednesday night, but has since been removed by Leach. The caption above the woman read, “After 2 weeks of quarantine with her husband, Gertrude decided to knit him a scarf ..”


Leach posted his apology on Twitter and said he wasn’t trying to upset anyone.

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The 59-year-old was hired in January after coaching Washington State for the last eight seasons, but this isn’t a good look just two months into a new coaching job.

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