The Jeff Beckham Weblog

Texas Monthly’s Brian Sweany offered readers of the magazine’s Delay of Game blog the chance to ask Mike Leach a question as part of his interview with the Red Raiders coach. I took him up on his offer and the interview was published today:

tm.com: I have a question from a reader named Jeff who asks about the Michael Lewis profile from the New York Times Magazine in 2005. You said that during each off-season, you pick a topic–Geronimo, Daniel Boone, pirates, chimps, Jackson Pollack–and you study it. What did you pick this year?

Leach: Well, it wasn’t just one topic, but I’ll tell you, this year I traveled all over New England, where I’d never been. Now I’ve been to 49 states; Alaska will have to wait. Then I went to Germany, so I spent time reading up on stuff about Germany.

Thanks, Brian! That was very cool of you, and I appreciate it. I’m a huge Longhorn fan, but I think Mike Leach is the most interesting coach in the country.

Next up is University of Houston coach Art Briles. If you have a question for Briles, leave it in the comments here and Brian will choose the best one.