Mike Leach’s tweet angered some of his Bulldogs playersCoach will tour the Mississippi Civil Rights MuseumThe Mississippi State football coach, Mike Leach, is expected to participate in “listening sessions” with student and community groups and tour the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum after he tweeted an image of a noose last week.
“No matter the context, for many Americans the image of a noose is never appropriate and that’s particularly true in the South and in Mississippi,” Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen said in a statement on Tuesday. “Mississippi State University was disappointed in the use of such an image in a tweet by Coach Mike Leach.”