Les Miles will remain LSU's coach after talking with Michigan officials about the vacancy at his alma mater.
LSU athletic director Joe Alleva released a statement Tuesday confirming that Miles will return for a seventh season with the Tigers.
I am pleased to announce that Les Miles will remain the head coach at LSU," Alleva said in the statement. "Les has led this program to many great successes on the field and his players represent LSU well off the field. We look forward to many great years of LSU football under his leadership."
Miles met with Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon and other school representatives Monday night in Baton Rouge but did not return with them to Ann Arbor. He reportedly met with Alleva later Monday.
The meeting came just three days after LSU celebrated a 41-24 victory over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl that gave Miles his fourth season with at least 11 wins the Tigers.
Miles is scheduled to speak at the American Football Coaches Association convention Tuesday afternoon in Dallas.
Miles is 62-17 with a 2007 national championship in six seasons at LSU since taking over for Nick Saban in 2005. He has four years remaining on his contract at LSU.
Miles was an offensive lineman on two Big Ten championship teams at Michigan for the late Bo Schembechler, who later gave Miles his first chance to be an assistant coach in 1980. Brandon is a former teammate.
It's the second time Miles has decided to remain at LSU instead of returning to Michigan as coach. He was considered a frontrunner to succeed Lloyd Carr in 2007 before announcing he would stay in Baton Rouge.
Last Wednesday, Rich Rodriguez, the man Michigan wound up hiring in 2007, was fired as coach with a 15-22 mark in three seasons.
Miles' current LSU contract pays him $3.75 million per year, runs through 2014 and includes an annual one-year roll-over at the discretion of the athletic director that could extend the deal to 2015. The contract also would make him among the three highest paid college coaches should he win a second national title at LSU.
Although Alleva did not object to Miles meeting with his alma mater, he also said LSU was committed to working with Miles to ensure he remains in Baton Rouge. He did not go into details about what adjustments may in line for Miles' contract.
Next season will be Miles' seventh at LSU, where he has brought in one highly rated recruiting class after another.
Last month, Miles signed coveted 6-foot-5, 230-pound junior college transfer quarterback Zach Mettenberger, a former top Georgia recruit who was dismissed by the Bulldogs because of legal trouble.
LSU athletic director Joe Alleva released a statement Tuesday confirming that Miles will return for a seventh season with the Tigers.
I am pleased to announce that Les Miles will remain the head coach at LSU," Alleva said in the statement. "Les has led this program to many great successes on the field and his players represent LSU well off the field. We look forward to many great years of LSU football under his leadership."
Miles met with Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon and other school representatives Monday night in Baton Rouge but did not return with them to Ann Arbor. He reportedly met with Alleva later Monday.
The meeting came just three days after LSU celebrated a 41-24 victory over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl that gave Miles his fourth season with at least 11 wins the Tigers.
Miles is scheduled to speak at the American Football Coaches Association convention Tuesday afternoon in Dallas.
Miles is 62-17 with a 2007 national championship in six seasons at LSU since taking over for Nick Saban in 2005. He has four years remaining on his contract at LSU.
Miles was an offensive lineman on two Big Ten championship teams at Michigan for the late Bo Schembechler, who later gave Miles his first chance to be an assistant coach in 1980. Brandon is a former teammate.
It's the second time Miles has decided to remain at LSU instead of returning to Michigan as coach. He was considered a frontrunner to succeed Lloyd Carr in 2007 before announcing he would stay in Baton Rouge.
Last Wednesday, Rich Rodriguez, the man Michigan wound up hiring in 2007, was fired as coach with a 15-22 mark in three seasons.
Miles' current LSU contract pays him $3.75 million per year, runs through 2014 and includes an annual one-year roll-over at the discretion of the athletic director that could extend the deal to 2015. The contract also would make him among the three highest paid college coaches should he win a second national title at LSU.
Although Alleva did not object to Miles meeting with his alma mater, he also said LSU was committed to working with Miles to ensure he remains in Baton Rouge. He did not go into details about what adjustments may in line for Miles' contract.
Next season will be Miles' seventh at LSU, where he has brought in one highly rated recruiting class after another.
Last month, Miles signed coveted 6-foot-5, 230-pound junior college transfer quarterback Zach Mettenberger, a former top Georgia recruit who was dismissed by the Bulldogs because of legal trouble.