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Les Miles: Five potential new jobs for former LSU head coach

By John Buhler

Jul 14, 2016; Hoover, AL, USA; LSU head coach Les Miles speaks to media during SEC media day at Hyatt Regency Birmingham-The Wynfrey Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 14, 2016; Hoover, AL, USA; LSU head coach Les Miles speaks to media during SEC media day at Hyatt Regency Birmingham-The Wynfrey Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports /
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Les Miles is out as the head coach of the LSU Tigers football team. Here are five Division I programs we could see the Mad Hatter leading next season.

The Les Miles era of LSU Tigers football came to an end on Sunday, as the University decided to part ways with its former head coach and its former offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. Miles had been the head coach of the Bayou Bengals since 2005. His team won the 2007 National Championship and the SEC twice (2007, 2011) in 12 years in Baton Rouge.

While LSU dominated in recruitment under Miles, the Tigers’ offense was pedestrian at best in his latter years. Quarterback play was abysmal and dropping four of his last five SEC games was enough for the University to pull the plug on Miles in late September 2016.

Miles is 62 years old and has been a Division I college head coach since 2001 with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. If he wants to, he’ll get one last opportunity to be a college football head coach for a major program. Here are five potential landing spots for Miles in 2017.

Sep 17, 2016; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly stands on the field prior to a game against the Michigan State Spartans at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2016; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly stands on the field prior to a game against the Michigan State Spartans at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports /

5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish find themselves at a despicable 1-3 record through four games. The Irish have already lost to the Texas Longhorns, the Michigan State Spartans, and the Duke Blue Devils. Notre Dame’s only win this season was against the Nevada Wolfpack.

Notre Dame has already fired defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, but Irish head coach Brian Kelly’s seat may still be hot for a massively disappointed national fan base. Kelly has elevated this eight-win program to a 10+ one in the last several seasons, but he’s certainly feeling the heat in 2016.

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Should Notre Dame pull the plug on the Kelly era in South Bend, the Notre Dame athletic department might consider bringing on Miles as their next head coach. Miles played his college ball at nearby Michigan and could bring a hard-nosed tenacity desperately needed with the football team’s defense.

Miles would be as big of a coaching hire as Lou Holtz was back in the day. His name is big enough to help the Irish recruit at an elite level nationally. What might make this a potentially bad hire is that Miles is too outspoken for the catholic university’s liking. Miles would get the Fighting Irish back to being a 10+ win team annually, but he couldn’t last at Notre Dame for more than five seasons.

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