LOS ANGELES — This year marks the 30th anniversary of the most bizarre tenure of a sports information director perhaps in the history of college athletics. At the time, the guy also held five other jobs at the same NAIA program — and he taught two classes. He was the school’s offensive line coach, the offensive coordinator, the recruiting coordinator, the equipment manager and the video coordinator and did it all for a $12,000 salary. The guy’s name? Mike Leach.



Yeah, that Mike Leach.



In addition to helping his boss Hal Mumme set offensive records at Iowa Wesleyan, Leach had proven to be quite adept at his new job, doubling as the school’s SID and spreading the gospel about the Tigers. The 28-year-old Leach even got them mentioned in USA Today several times. The only problem was the school’s Director of Public Relations who oversaw Leach’s job as the SID didn’t appreciate the national attention from USA Today. In her...