Zach Arnett was hired by Mike Leach during a more than three-hour phone call the late Leach took at a bar. RossDellenger on the rise of Mississippi State's new coach and the youngest head coach in the SEC
Fox & Hound is a bar and grill nestled in the north Mississippi town of Southaven. There is nothing spectacular about it. It’s got a pool table or two, some dart boards and serves burgers, wings and buckets of cold beer.It’s where Mike Leach convinced Zach Arnett to join his staff at Mississippi State. In a most Leach move, the coach hired Arnett during a more than three-hour phone call at a bar.
Arnett, who just completed his third season as Mississippi State’s defensive coordinator, was named interim coach when Leach was hospitalized after a cardiac-related emergency on Sunday morning. He died Monday night in aMississippi State elevates one of the most sought-after young up-and-coming defensive minds in the game. Over the last two years, multiple powerhouse programs have flirted with Arnett, resulting in his whopper of a contract. Arnett was set to make $1.
Arnett was a four-time academic all-conference honoree at New Mexico and recorded more than 200 tackles his senior season. He started his career there as a two-sport athlete before dropping baseball . While Peterson and Miller shot pool and darts, Leach talked to Arnett for more than three hours. And the phone call didn’t end when the coaches left the bar.
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