Mike Leach’s BYU rugby teammates share memories of the late football coach
How the BYU rugby team shaped Mike Leach — and why it stayed a part of his life even as a famed football coach.
(BYU archives) Mike Leach, pictured here on a page from the 1981 BYU Banyan yearbook, was a member of the Cougars' nationally ranked rugby team during his time in college.
Kevin Reynolds, a Dallas native who graduated from SMU, has been covering BYU since 2022.