But lost five coaches on his coaching staff. Roth pointed to Leach's accomplishments this season following a tumultuous offseason, with the death of Cougar QB Tyler Hilinski shaking Cougar Nation to its core. It is Leach's second Pac-12 Coach of the Year honor, after sharing the award with Stanford's David Shaw in 2015. WSU will appear in its fifth bowl in seven seasons under Leach, and its fourth straight. LEACH GUIDED THE COUGARS to a 10-win regular season - his first 10-win season in Pullman - despite having the fewest returning starters in the conference (9) this year. I asked Mike this multiple times when calling their games 'Tell me about Gardner.' He said, 'He is the smartest quarterback I've ever coached.'" "I think what should be noted is when you talk to Mike Leach. Related: Gardner Minshew joins the immortals in WSU quarterbacking And earlier today, he became the 10th Washington State quarterback to named first-team all-Pac-12.
In half of WSU's games this season, he has thrown for 400-plus yards. He has quarterbacked Washington State to a program-tying 10 wins, with the Alamo Bowl to come. Minshew has completed 433-of-613 passes this season (70.6 percent) and has thrown for 4,477 yards with 36 TDs against nine interceptions. Minshew is the first Cougar to win a conference yearly award since quarterback Jason Gesser was named the Pac-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2002. The Pac-12 has been around for 103 years and Pac-12 Network analyst Yogi Roth called Minshew's 2018 season at WSU "one of the best stories in the history of this conference." His coach, Mike Leach, was also named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year. WASHINGTON STATE QUARTERBACK Gardner Minshew was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday night.
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